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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 7813632, member: 15588&quot;]The Ginza listing seems to say &quot;details unknown,&quot; but it does refer to it specifically as a token: &quot;トークン(代用貨幣).&quot; If Ginza Coin doesn&#039;t know much about it, that likely means its origins may remain murky at best.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet another auction site: <a href="https://watanabecoin.shop-pro.jp/?pid=162051687" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://watanabecoin.shop-pro.jp/?pid=162051687" rel="nofollow">https://watanabecoin.shop-pro.jp/?pid=162051687</a> mentions &quot;Canteen.&quot; Another line from that page reads &quot;It is a token coin circulated in the Japanese military garrison facility.&quot; It is categorized under &quot;Not Issued/Trial Coins/Military Coins.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As for 1887, or Meiji 20, princess Shizuko died and prince Michihoto was born in that year. Emperor Meiji also received some foreign honors that same year, but I don&#039;t know why any of these events would lead to the creation of a token, unless the year ends up arbitrary? Or maybe it was just a celebration of the 20th year of his reign?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;IKEGAYA&quot; appears to refer to a surname, not a place or anything else that I can find.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see the token in the 2020 JNDA, or 日本貨幣カタログ, which furthers the evidence for it being a non-government issued token.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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