I ask John Kendall about the faded chips right after it happened.
His reply was:
It was a resin problem from a suplier.
Chipco spent over 1 million replacing the bad chips. Arizona Charlies is the only casino that refused a re-make of their order.
The Club Royal Chipcos were made after the ship sank. Bill Akeman had lots of them at his store on Spring Mountain. He gave me a set.