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Game Token - Bajazzo

Game Token - Bajazzo - obverseGame Token - Bajazzo - reverse

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Features

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Type Amusement tokens › Game machine and arcade tokens
Value 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10)
Currency Mark (1873-1923)
Composition Brass
Weight 1.78 g
Diameter 17.35 mm
Thickness 1.04 mm
Shape Round
Technique Counterstamped, Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
36400
References Weiller# AH 063
Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises = Luxembourgish Coins. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Obverse

Transmitter name above a countermarked four-digit name.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Bajazzo
5746

Reverse

Face value in a grenetis.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: 10

Edge

Plain

Comments

Token for Bajazzo clown machines.
Bajazzo wall games, from the German company Jentzsch & Meerz of Leipzig, were built in many variants from 1906 to 1950. The tokens used were made of copper, brass-nickel or brass, and their face values ranged from 10 to 30. Some types are perforated or have a square or star-shaped perforation. Diameters do not vary.

Further info from https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=99997 (translation):

...this token was indeed designed for use with German-made machines called "Bajazzo" but also for the English market under the name "Clown", from around 1912. The machine is played with a ball which, if caught, releases such a token, with different amounts indicated on the reverse. Stamped serial numbers corresponded to each machine, so that the store in which the machine was used knew that the tokens (exchanged for money) had been won on their machine. Very few Bajazzo or Clown machines have survived in Australia, but a small number would have been exploited here. It was a very popular machine in Europe and particularly in England where a large number of them were used and where many survive. I have around 100 Clown and Bajazzo tokens, at least 60 serial numbers ranging from 666 to 8001.

And to see the machine: http://www.jukebox.lu/bajazzoen.html

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND  (fr) 5742 0%
ND  (fr) 7672 4%
ND  1255 12%
ND  1920 32%
ND  5780 16%
ND  6732 4%
ND  6838 0%
ND  7661 16%

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