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Specialty Chips Part of the Game9 February 2004GULFPORT – As reported by the Sun Herald: ``Tens of thousands of colorful casino chips, representing every era of gambling and every corner of the globe, were on display at Copa Casino on Saturday afternoon. ``The Deep South Chip Collectors Club held its second annual meeting at the casino, giving about 24 people from across the United States a chance to show off their check collections and sell and swap chips. ``John Mayercik of Ocean Springs is president of the Deep South club, which has 75 members. Like most collectors, Mayercik said he got started collecting chips by accident. He had a few chips left over from a gambling junket to Atlantic City in the late 1970s that got tossed in a drawer. ``A few years ago, Mayercik was surfing the Internet and found that the chips that were left over from a long ago gambling trip were worth about $180 each. ``…Casinos are catching on to the popularity of chip collecting, creating limited edition chips for holidays, anniversaries and major concerts. The Copa even minted a few hundred special chips for the collectors club…" |