Alan & John, Mark Lighterman & I have been searching for years for this wonderful rack of chips. When we were in Key West a few years ago, we asked everybody that had any connection with the Dixie Duck if they had seen the rack or if they had saved any of the chips. Some of the folks said that they had a few $1 chips & possibly some $5's, but had no idea where they had stored them. We have called the former owner of the vessel & he has no idea where any of the chips are. A very few notched sets have turned up, but none from the original rack. The first & last time I sailed, they were using generic poker chips. I got on board the ship, looked around, had some wierd feeling that the ship was going to sink & decided to leave. I was able to talk the casino manager into allowing me to buy a roll of $.25 slot tokens before the ship left the dock. Where the chips are is a mystery which may go down in the mythical lore similar to the lost city of Atlantis!
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