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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 731430, member: 19456&quot;]I believe they are brass. At least back to the 1980s they are $0.25. When you put a dollar into the coin machine, you get four of them. The same holds true today. I saw on TV that the game machines go by size, unlike standard vending machines, which go by weight and metal composition. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some arcades have done away with them and accepted actual quarters into the machines, some take tokens, and rarely you will find an arcade that accepts both. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I collect video game arcade tokens, I especially enjoy getting them by playing the arcade itself...I&#039;ve beaten many a side scroller in my time <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can see the Namco token in my collection in the middle of the top row here. Sorry the picture is really, really lousy...</p><p><img src="http://images52.fotki.com/v726/photos/3/348354/6136805/2008566-vi.jpg?1257554098" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The one that is reflected over is from my local arcade, maybe two minutes from home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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