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Author	Topic: Space Port metal token ("Space Money")
Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 1114 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011	posted 01-07-2012 11:45 AM Is anyone familiar with this rather unusual "Spaceport" token? The vector and oval orbit seem vaguely familiar. Did KSC ever issue "space money" like this in the past? Maybe it was part of some game which "borrowed" the design from NASA? It is made of metal, not plastic; and about the size of a US penny.
p51 Member Posts: 1743 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011	posted 01-07-2012 11:59 AM That's from a video arcade in King of Prussia, PA.
crash Member Posts: 339 From: West Sussex, England Registered: Jan 2011	posted 01-07-2012 12:08 PM King of Prussia Mall? I've been there! If only I knew.
Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 1114 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011	posted 01-07-2012 12:22 PM Hmm, guess it could be from there? Although most videogame arcade tokens were about the size of a US 25-cent piece and this token is smaller. Here's a standard size game token for comparison. The coin mechanisms were usually set to a specific size so people could use quarters or tokens. Also, it took a certain amount of weight to drop properly down through the coin slot mechanism.
MarylandSpace Member Posts: 1406 From: Registered: Aug 2002	posted 01-07-2012 01:18 PM An answer and a link in 14 minutes. collectSPACE members are pretty amazing.
Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 1114 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011	posted 01-08-2012 12:33 PM That website is not conclusive. It does show some game coins from a mall arcade in Virginia but not the Spaceport token. Also notice that most all videogame tokens have "No Cash Value" or "Non-Refundable" written somewhere on them. Still not convinced that this came from that mall in Pennsylvania.
tnperri Member Posts: 506 From: Malvern, Ohio Registered: Jun 2011	posted 01-08-2012 10:55 PM Here's an eBay auction that says: "I have a NASA Spaceport Space Money "Space Board Game Money" Commemorative Medal - Coin".
Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 1114 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011	posted 06-07-2022 01:06 PM From an article in ArcadeBlogger.com: Space Port was a chain of arcades across America usually located within shopping malls. Along the lines of Time-Out, it was a staple of any eighties kid's world. As the name suggests, the branding was very space age!

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