chip from C.T. while attending a coin show in Long Beach, California on the way to our first trip to Las Vegas (don't remember the exact year, but it was before the CC & GTCC was organized). I do remember the chips well however; they were two sets of Carousel, both the color set and the plain set. Price was $18. When I got back to Jersey, I re-ordered a couple of more Carousel sets from C.T. for friends back east who liked them so much.