Can someone ID this Token for me please? [opgelost]

I think it might be Korean? It is a Game Token I think and It is not currently on Numista Exonumia. I will add it once it is Identified


Thanks for any help - Mike

not Korean - the characters are Chinese, or Japanese Kanji.

I could not match the first kanji, but the rest say "game new world" in Japanese and Chinese.
 ? 玩
新世界

Thanks Mr Midnight -- That is really interesting. I did not know that some Japanese and Chinese characters were interchangeable. You learn something new every day.

Thanks Mike

Does that first symbol 电 mean Electricity or similar?

Very good. “Electric game” certainly describes those arcade machines that used such tokens.
I not played such games or gone to arcades myself since 1970s, but I imagine the machines and the metal tokens that fed them are long since obsolete.

I got stuck, only searching Japanese references. It seems 电 is a Simplified Chinese character. The Traditional Chinese, and Japanese kanji for electric is 電
I think this rules out Japan, and given the amount of English, I'd suggest Hong Kong.

edit to add the complete transliteration for your catalogue page -

电 玩
新世界

"Electronic Game
New World"

Citeer: "brismike"​Thanks Mr Midnight -- That is really interesting. I did not know that some Japanese and Chinese characters were interchangeable. You learn something new every day.
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​Thanks Mike

​oh, it's very complicated! and I only know enough to be dangerous !

Thankyou very much for identifying it for me guys. Hong Kong it is .

I picked up a bunch of tokens and a lot of them are difficult to id. But it is fun working out what they are using what is already on Numista and google.

Might have to come back to you again for some tricky ones.

Cheers Mike

Citeer: "brismike"​Thankyou very much for identifying it for me guys. Hong Kong it is.

​Hong Kong was a suggestion, not a proper identification. It might be correct but it also might be not correct. Don't add data to our catalogue unless you're absolutely sure. Adding data based on assumptions doesn't help anybody and this way incorrect data sneaks into our catalogue. It's better to add less data but correct data.
Unless I miss something of course and Mr. Midnight's tip of Hong Kong led you to more information which gave certainty about the token being from Hong Kong.

I will add it with the information I have and will let the referee decide if it is correct. I will point him to this thread when I add it.

Thanks for your input Essor Prof.

Regards Mike