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New Member
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C Image:  scan.GIF48.4 KB Can someone please tell me what this coin is. I found a bag full of them, about 40 coins. Edited by bushe
07/10/2007 9:06 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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Very interesting
I don't recognize the letters at all or what language...if any
Do you have a picture of the other side?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm pretty sure that isn't a coin. It's a token, and probably from Japan. I ran into a whole ton of them at my local coin store in the bulk bins. Found a nifty one that has a dolphin on it though! I got that one. >.>
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New Member
 United States
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It has the same thing on the other side. I found them in a sandwich bag, If its a token, thats ok to, but why would someone buy 40 of them.
Can someone tell me what it says.
Edited by bushe
07/10/2007 9:56 pm
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Moderator
United States
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If it's dual sided then it is defiantly a token...just not sure where from. Japan is possible but I'm doubting it because of the symbols.
Someone will be along shortly that has seen this.
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Australia
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It is in Japanese, "Midori" which means green unless it happened to be a store name or something else.
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 Australia
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Wow... I've never translated Japanese before, but I figured it out.  First I had to work out which of the three Japanese scripts was being used (Hiragana), then find the Wikipedia character map, cut-and-paste each of the characters into Babelfish and hit "translate", come back here... only to find gxseries had already translated it for you. Yup, it says "Green". Very educational, but I don't think I'll be applying for any jobs at the UN anytime soon.  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
Edited by Sap
07/11/2007 12:42 am
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New Member
United States
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Hey thanks to ya all.
Now to find out why it says green and why they were made.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Like I said, it could just be a store name called "Green". Not suprising is it where you have surnames such as Greens and Browns.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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New Member
United States
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it's a pachinko token. weird game. I won a carton of cigarettes once, but I never understood how or why. |
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New Member
United States
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THATS IT SAN MIQUE198, I found some just like it on ebay, they call it Pachislo Now to find a game Thanks to all, your great! |
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Australia
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Pachinko? Ah. Pachinko. Wikipedia even gives the use of tokens a brief mention. I'm learning a lot from this thread. Thanks, bushe!  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
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Canada
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I think this is where the "Price is Right" got the idea for "PLINKO"
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Posted 07/10/2007 9:04 pm
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