Whatsthisthen?

[myglaren]

Not a motoring Whatsthisthen.

Besides the JSW tape and many other delights, I found this:

I have a vague recollection of using these, maybe in a vending machine of some sort, but has anyone any idea what or where:

[Hell Razor5543]

Fruit machines in an arcade or a travelling fun fair?

[myglaren]

Don't think so James, I never have used fruit machines and don't go to fairs.

[bobins]

Could be anything from a coffee vending machine to a car park barrier token.

[myglaren]

Probably, although I have never had to use one in a car park.

I wonder if it could have been a car wash/jetwash.
Or a tyre inflation machine in a service station.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Not a motoring Whatsthisthen.

Besides the JSW tape and many other delights, I found this:



I have a vague recollection of using these, maybe in a vending machine of some sort, but has anyone any idea what or where:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia46295.html

Has a good chance of being a juke box token Steve..that little pic is a jukebox

Like these

Regards Neil

[myglaren]

Doubtful Neil. Last time I put money in a jukebox was mid sixties.

[Hell Razor5543]

I zoomed in on the text on the coin, Googles it, and this is what I got (translated);

https://translate.google.com/translate? ... ch&pto=aue

[NewcastleFalcon]

Doubtful Neil. Last time I put money in a jukebox was mid sixties.

Pretty definitely an Italian juke box token...an exact match

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-Vintage-I ... 3617604797

Regards Neil

[myglaren]

Never been to Italy but have used them in GB, just can't remember what in.

[Gibbo2286]

Probably a sleight of hand pound coin, somebody slipped you a Russian electric meter token.

[myglaren]

I can remember slotting them into machines as they had to go in like a key, using the slots.
But where?

[mickthemaverick]

I can remember using them too Steve, having to get them the right way round to go in but so far I can't remember what they went in either but it certainly wasn't a jukebox. I have only ever put pre decimal 6d's in jukeboxes as I stopped using them in 1970!! I'll keep thinking!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

The reverse of the coin has the words

gettone per app.(lication) automatici
commercio vietato
(token for automatic applications
trade prohibited)

Laundrette/Car Wash/Workplace Auto Barrier for visitors/ etc

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

but it certainly wasn't a jukebox. I have only ever put pre decimal 6d's in jukeboxes as I stopped using them in 1970!!

Had you been using Italian Jukeboxes you could well have used hundreds of Gettones

Gettone is the Italian word for "Token" and it derives from the word for a jukebox "juke-box a gettoni"

https://dailyitalianwords.com/italian-w ... ell-liked/

Gettone means token in Italian and the verb gettonare can also describe the action of making a phone call with a coin-operated public telephone.

The feminine form is gettonata whereas the respective plurals are gettonati and gettonate.

un cantante gettonato = a popular singer
una canzone gettonata = a popular song
dei cantanti gettonati = popular singers
delle canzoni gettonate = popular songs

Regards Neil