Chinese (Or Japanese?) Token. Maybe Gaming Token?

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dar76124 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 01/01/2025 10:09 am Any idea what this is? 29mm Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 01/01/2025 9:36 pm Hmm that is a real head-scratcher. I'm not finding anything in the usual places. Even the term "Tuck on" isn't giving me much other than an Eminem reference. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187486 Posts	Posted 01/02/2025 09:03 am Interesting example. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 01/02/2025 4:57 pm My go-to assumption in such cases is "Japanese pachinko token", but I'm not entirely convinced this is the case here. I'm thinking "from 1920s Shanghai" might be more accurate. 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
dar76124 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 01/02/2025 7:13 pm Hmm, I was seaching for 1920's Shanghai references to "tuck on" based on SAP's idea and did not find any but I did stumble upon this from the July 19, 1882 Watertown (WI) Republican newspaper. "An incident happening recently in the Chinese theater on Jackson Street illustrates the celestial mode of "sitting upon" an actor. The members of Tuck on Tong Society visited the theater and hurled cobbles and stones upon the stage." Could this be a Tong coin, almost like a modern challenge coin. Is there such a thing? Report this Post to the Staff
dar76124 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 01/02/2025 9:01 pm Another thought, it appears that tongs were into gambling, could this be a gambling chip or token? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 01/02/2025 9:27 pm Quote: could this be a gambling chip or token? Yes well that is (indirectly) how it would be used in a Pachinko Parlor. Added: this seems more likely to me than a modern challenge coin, but it is only a vague feeling I have--no proof. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 01/02/2025 9:37 pm Sorry one more random thought: on your second picture, that central design element looks a lot like a Victorian monogram of T & O. Tuck On seems to be the key--perhaps the name of the establishment that used these tokens? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
dar76124 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 01/03/2025 08:59 am I think you are correct that the design is a TO monogram. I did not catch that. Additionally it appears the Tuck On Tongs were a rather violent group. From further in the article. "The leader of the Tuck on Tongs was convicted some time ago of murder, and the members of the society incorporated with the Check On Tongs." Report this Post to the Staff
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