While on a Royal Caribbean Cruise some 4-5 years ago, the purser was found taking the ceramic Chipcos out of the slot machines and separating them by the different ships they were made for. The ceramics were chipping off and causing a malfunction of the slot machines, especially the video poker, so they decided to remove them all. I was able to bribe him into a couple of full sets and believe Janice got her set from me at the next convention. Since then, I have tried to find more and asked every Royal cruise Casino purser to get me some to no avail. Even contacted the main office in Miami and was told theyhad all been destroyed. I vaguely recall there were some 9+ tokens for each ship and they were quite limited in issue. Still have three or four around as well as my full set which I display....the last time was with the maiden voyage and party on the PETALUMA QUEEN, a short lived riverboat.....and only one ever to sail in Calif.......in modern times....Mel
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