Unidentified Coin-Possibly Asian Token

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Koinz Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 07/25/2017 10:11 pm I recently got this coin in a junk lot on ebay, and I've typed in everything I can possibly think of. I'm assuming it's a token, one with both Asian symbols and English letters, neither of which helped my search, and it's about the size of a U.S. quarter. Does anyone know anything about this piece? Report this Post to the Staff

coaster Pillar of the Community Australia 1366 Posts	Posted 07/27/2017 04:34 am I think it could be a Japanese token because the second symbol looks like the kanji symbol for 'country' Hope this is of some help. Report this Post to the Staff
nautilator Valued Member United States 332 Posts	Posted 07/27/2017 9:37 pm Keep in mind that it might be Chinese. The first one is love. The dictionary suggests that #24859; #22269; means patriotism. The back is pretty distinct -- looks like gothic font, I'm thinking AIR (with the I and R really close to each other), maybe as in the air force. Can't find the token but maybe that'll help. **it won't display the kanji font here, but you can look them up if you need to now. Edited by nautilator 07/27/2017 9:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 07/27/2017 10:25 pm Coaster Didn't know name of symbol but yes, is Japanese...sen on other coins and currencies also. Could these be a gaming token, The Japanese used to be big in slot machine type games. Report this Post to the Staff
Koinz Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 07/28/2017 12:22 pm I did some more digging and found an old thread where someone had a token with a very similar design. Someone on there mentioned that it was most likely a pachinko token, or as Crazyb0 said, a slot machine token, used for pachinko games in Japan. I can't find my specific one, but there are thousands of different designs in use. Thank you all for your input. I was really stumped on this one. Report this Post to the Staff
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