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Vietnam Token Collection (300 + pieces) (122936)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Tokens Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Vietnam Token Collection (300 + pieces)  (122936)
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1,350.00USD+ (337.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Nov 01 @ 17:37UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Double row box, 16 inches long, with hundreds of tokens from military camps in Vietnam. Approximately 300 tokens, in order by catalog number. (by Ray Bows). SEGA was video game, slot machine and pinball company based in Tokyo, which made tokens for use in the Clubs. Some machines on military facilities bore the insignia of the base or a specific unit to which the tokens were issued. Minted in Japan, SEGA tokens used during the Vietnam War were ordered by club custodians, enlisted people trained in food service, who interfaced with SEGA sales staff. The number of tokens ordered was based on the number of slot machines in a club. Tokens for larger clubs are thus more common than those for smaller ones. Common “slugs” are worth a few dollars, at best; rare ones can be worth upwards of $100.

Different designs were ordered for every club to prevent tokens from being taken from the club to which they were issued. Jackpots would be paid out only to winners who used the tokens associated with the club; interestingly, the slot machine tokens could also be used in pinball machines and jukeboxes.

Once an order was placed, SEGA would produce the tokens at a facility outside Tokyo and deliver them to the base. More than 2,000 different styles of tokens were minted between 1962 and 1971.

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