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Topic: Space Port metal token ("Space Money")
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Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 125
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 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: 152
From: Olympia, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted January 07, 2012 11:59 AM
That's from a video arcade in King of Prussia, PA. |
crash
Member Posts: 105
From: West Sussex, England
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted January 07, 2012 12:08 PM
King of Prussia Mall? I've been there! If only I knew. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 125
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 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: 811
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Registered: Aug 2002
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posted January 07, 2012 01:18 PM
An answer and a link in 14 minutes. collectSPACE members are pretty amazing. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 125
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 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: 17
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Registered: Jun 2011
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posted January 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". |
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