Any help with this coin

[tigerglide]

 

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[Red-Coat]

Since it's the same on both sides, I doubt that it's a coin. I think it's probably a 'pachinko' token, used as payout on Japanese arcade machines to evade gambling restrictions. If it is, it will be a hard job to track down unless someone can translate those stylised characters as being a company name. Pachinko machines are ubiquitous in Japan and have been around for decades. There are hundreds of operators and thousands of token designs. The machines are a kind of cross between bagatelle and pinball but you can only win more balls to play with. Wiki then explains the reward process better than I could:

"Gambling for cash is illegal in Japan, but the widespread popularity of low-stakes pachinko gambling in Japanese society has enabled a specific legal loophole allowing it to exist. Under the law, pachinko balls won from games cannot be exchanged directly for money in the parlor, nor can they be removed from the premises or exchanged with other parlors; however, they can be legally traded to the parlor for so-called "special prize" tokens (特殊景品 tokushu keihin), which are then legally "sold" for cash to a separate vendor located off-premises. These vendors (ostensibly independent from - but often owned by - the parlor owner) then sell the tokens back to the parlor at the same price paid for them (plus a small commission), thus turning a cash profit without technically violating the law."

 

[tigerglide]

Thank you for that response and in such detail. I certainly know more now about pachinko, very interesting. My daughter suggested using google reverse photo search so that’s next.

 

[tigerglide]

Found it online and Red-Coat you were absolutely correct!! It’s a pachinko token!! Thanks for your help