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CURIOSITY New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/18/2014 4:41 pm Thanks for any help on identifying this. It's in a friend's possession, not mine. It's the same on the other side. It's almost exactly the size of a U.S. quarter. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by CURIOSITY 01/18/2014 4:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff

nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 01/18/2014 5:08 pm I think this is Japanese katakana script, used for emphasis and loanwords - so it should hopefully be the phonetic equivalent of some English term. Looks like "8", then "eito" - which is most likely just a rendering of the English "eight". How unhelpful! Well... what could 8 mean? 8-track? 8 yen? 8 plays on a pachinko machine? We'll have to hope that some other member recognizes this design. Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 01/18/2014 5:39 pm It is a pachinko game token. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko I am not certain, I think the desired effect it is going for is a "piece of 8." Edited by allranger 01/18/2014 5:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/18/2014 6:04 pm It reads "8 EITO," which appears to be a chain of stores in Japan: http://www.eito8.co.jp/eito.html Report this Post to the Staff
CURIOSITY New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/18/2014 8:16 pm Excellent! Thank you all! :) Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 01/18/2014 8:21 pm this seems to be identified as a store token, moving this thread to the token section Report this Post to the Staff
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