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? asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 9 years ago

Anyone Japanese who can identify this coin for me?

Someone snuck it in as a quarter on me at work and I have spent a couple weeks now trying to find out what it says and what it is to no avail.

http://picturepush.com/public/7590750

http://picturepush.com/public/7590748

Update:

Thank you very much for the info, 2 weeks of searching and i couldnt come up with anything, Im now on a mission to find out why it says gold and 1560 on it as well. thanks again for your help :)

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  • soph
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    It's written:

    イチロク(ichiroku)

    一六商事(ishiroku shouji) = Ichiroku Corporation

    金(kin, kane) = gold, money

    Ichiroku Corporation is a group corporation for Pachinko/slots parlor.

    This coin must be the one for their slot machines.

    As for Pachinko

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko

    Source(s): mother tongue
  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    hi,

    checked your picture....

    where did you get it ?

    this is not a japanese coin...fake one or something.

    and you can tell from its complexity. too simple for real money coin...

    Source(s): japanese
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