Can you identify this?

[Sacramento]

Found this in Sacramento at an old park. it is the size of a half dollar and I think it is made of aluminum. Looks the same on the backside.

 

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[hbeaton]

Quick guess is a planchet cut like a modern key and used for lockers and the like that would be a "one use" kind of service (lockers at the YMCA or amusement parks, etc)

 

[Greastart]

I grew up in Sac Town. I've seen those. Give me some time. I'll remember.

 

[OWK]

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Slotted token

Sometimes used in Pachinko machines, or other amusements with slide coin feeds.

 

[stickyfingers427]

They use the same type of coin by me at the driving range to get the golf balls out of the machine.

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

i found about 20 of them once doing a clean out...who knows!

 

[Anduril]

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Slotted token

Sometimes used in Pachinko machines, or other amusements with slide coin feeds.

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[bigfoot1]

they were commonly used as payphone tokens untill late 60s

 

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[whammy]

Careful bigfoot, heehee, some people on here might not know what a pay phone is.

 

[bigfoot1]

Careful bigfoot, heehee, some people on here might not know what a pay phone is.

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