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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 4588489, member: 111067&quot;]<b>Token US Aladdin&#039;s Castle Arcade</b></p><p>Arcades are prevalent today, but they are certainly not new. The computer-generated, full-immersion, nerd&#039;s paradises are new, but not arcades in general. And they have used metallic gaming tokens for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The token in the picture was sent to CoinQuest by Brandon. A member of the <a href="http://winsociety.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://winsociety.org/" rel="nofollow">World Internet Numismatic Society</a> identified it for us as a token from the now-defunct <i>Aladdin&#039;s Castle</i> chain of gaming arcades. If you stop by a gaming blog, you will see that many *older* gamers (25 and older!), remember Aladdin&#039;s Castle with great fondness. Apparently Aladdins&#039;s Castle has been taken over by Namco, who is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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