Token US Aladdin's Castle Arcade Arcades are prevalent today, but they are certainly not new. The computer-generated, full-immersion, nerd's paradises are new, but not arcades in general. And they have used metallic gaming tokens for a long time. The token in the picture was sent to CoinQuest by Brandon. A member of the World Internet Numismatic Society identified it for us as a token from the now-defunct Aladdin's Castle chain of gaming arcades. If you stop by a gaming blog, you will see that many *older* gamers (25 and older!), remember Aladdin's Castle with great fondness. Apparently Aladdins's Castle has been taken over by Namco, who is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man this year. As a collectible, there is a small and dedicated following for tokens in general and arcade tokens specifically. But the collector base is far too small to generate any real value. Brandon's token, which has obviously seen plenty of play, or at least, shelf time, would probably sell on eBay for a few US dollars. Were it brand new, it might fetch $10 or even more.
For those who don't know, Brandon is also a member of this forum - https://www.cointalk.com/members/seattlite86.59737/
A related note: Chuck E. Cheese filed for bankruptcy today. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ch...y-post-a-chuck-e-cheese-or-other-token.362299
Aladdin's Castle sure must've cranked those arcade tokens out by the tens of millions at least, I would imagine. One always seems to turn up in the bulk World coin bags I've searched.
Sorry, I was not aware who Brandon is. I copied the relevant text from the site where I found the token. No offence meant, posting your name.
I used to go to Aladdin's Castle as a kid. Memories. Good ones....if only I had all those quarters back.
