... at a coin show in Los Angeles on the way to our first trip to Las Vegas when I stumbled upon a coin dealer who was selling the complete set of Carousel casino chips (both the black & white and the color sets) for $18. Up until that time I was basically an Atlantic City chip collector who had a small handful of Las Vegas chips that were given to me by friends and/orrelatives. That coin dealer turned out to be C.T. Rodgers!

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