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Notsoclever New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 5:29 pm Help I'm looking for the origin of this medal/coin token I try using the image up loader after I've OPTTIMED the image it doesn't let me Report this Post to the Staff

Notsoclever New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 5:47 pm well it looks like I figured it out.... how to upload the image that is. Edited by Notsoclever 10/30/2011 5:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 6:08 pm I can't help with this -- but the marks look a little like petroglyphs. But I don't really know. Experts will be along to help and I'll check back to learn what they say. How did you come across this? Report this Post to the Staff
Notsoclever New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 6:10 pm Hello Buddy- Through the normal exchange of money. It is the size of a quarter and light like aluminium. Thanks for the reply Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 6:12 pm Hello and welcome. It's not a coin. It appears to be a Japanese "pachinko" token. Pachinko is a peculiarly Japanese form of entertainment, somewhere between a pinball machine and a poker machine. Do a forum search for "pachinko" and you'll find several tokens of similar design, such as this one. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Notsoclever New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 6:26 pm SAP- Thanks for the reply. The other side of this token has a Phoenix, both sides are Not the same. Report this Post to the Staff
pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 7:29 pm I agree - a token used to play pachinko, which I'd further describe as a favorite Japanese time-waster and money pit. The game itself is like a vertical pinball machine; you flip a steel ball to the top of the machine, and it bounces around until it ends up in one "cup" or another. Most of the time it's the other losing cup. Report this Post to the Staff
manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 10/31/2011 10:22 am The Japanese inscription is "Fire Bird". Gary Report this Post to the Staff
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