coin Id please

is this a coin or token? I took the photo with my crap cellphone. I'm trying to figure it out for a friend. it looks the same on both sides.

 

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Looks like a token

 

Asian obviously.
And the square at the bottom has me leaning towards Korean.

 

I think I'll disagree, I don't recognize the characters as Korean. Sadly, I don't have a better solution. Maybe it's something from Star Trek or some other series with their own language?

 

It is a Japanese game token.

 

I was gonna guess a hobo V Nickel. But doesn't make sense if it's the same on both sides

 

Pachinko?

 

They are used in game machines similar to our Chucky Cheese and Scandia tokens.

 

No, not pachinko. Pachinko uses small nickel/steel? balls that are purchased at the main counter of a pachinko parlor. The machines spits out additional balls if you win. Then they can be turned in for prizes. The balls are used like money in a vertical pin ball type of game. It's very popular in Japan and you can loose a lot of $$$ ¥¥¥ fast!

 

Ah, yes.
I'd forgotten.
I was there in 1965.
Never actually played pachinko but your description shook the dust off my memories.

 

Thanks guys I've searched through the internet looking for something like it but came up empty handed now I can tell her its ok to keep using it to scratch off lottery tickets

 

Found the same token in Coldwater, MI today. It made it through as a coin as change from the post office.

 

This character is undoubtedly Japanese.

(2nd from left)
It also appears to be upside down