Unfortunately only the $5s - $100s have been found in quantity. mailing checks via post, chips not arriving in full, etc)įor THC chips, $0.50, $1, $5, $25 and $100 were made in both SCV and LCV versions. A second batch was rescued by but not without a fair share of challenges (e.g. In 2018, they resurfaced again off-forum on a Miami Craigslist post, and an opening offer at $5 / chip by Michael, who runs a dealer school in Florida, who had salvaged 3500-4000 chips.

Not all purchased chips arrived and not all chips arrived safely, but plenty were saved. The chips were shipped from Santo Domingo to the US, got held up at customs before finally going through some much needed chip rehab and out into PCF. The first purchase started with an eBay listing in 2016, with ~2400 chips rescued by from a somewhat questionable seller. The earliest reference I've found to these chips on PCF was a sale ad in 2015 for a rack of $5s, which was then followed up by two large salvage purchases. Sourced from ChipGuide by a member, then resized and arranged horizontally. In 1997, she was renamed Palm Beach Princess under new ownership with Palm Beach Casino Line, where she served as a popular holiday attraction for the next 12 years. In 1984, she was renamed Viking Princess (under Crown Cruise Lines) and made her way from Europe to the US where she spent most of her years cruising between West Palm Beach and the Caribbean It was an 8 deck, 421 foot, 6,659 GRT, 800 person capacity vessel with 15,000 sqft of Class III gaming casino, 400+ slot machines, 30+ table games, poker, sports book (satellite TV) and bingo.Īccording to their now defunct Twitter it was ' the only true 'Las Vegas style' gambling & entertainment destination in South Florida.'īuilt in 1964 in Finland, the MS Ilmatar started as a humble ferry before being upgraded fifteen years later into a cruise ship including a casino, pool, gym, cinema and lounge The Palm Beach Princess (where these chips were felted) spent 22 years in Palm Beach and served 470,000 passengers a year during its best years offering twice daily five-hour gambling cruises.

The Palm Beach Casino Line was founded in 1997, and operated two casino cruises from Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida.

This thread is to dedicated to Palm Beach Cruise Line (PBCL) - some of the best wet chips and their fascinating history as a casino and how they found their way to PCF.

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