30 c token

Here's a token with 30c on both sides. It doesn't have the triangle present on french "à consommer" tokens.

The first slot machines appeared around 1890.


In France, the law changed in 1902, the law no longer allows the distribution of cash earnings. In order to continue their lucrative trade, slot machine manufacturers then skirted the law by distributing the gains in nature: they distributed to the winners candy, cigarettes and chips to eat.

The token to consume could not represent more than two to three times the bet. The setting itself should not exceed 10 cents. Another requirement for customers: the earned tokens should be consumed in the establishment where the slot machine whereabouts ... These machines were installed in various public places, such as bars or fairgrounds.

Slot machines were finally banned by the August 1937 decree.
There is a wide variety of "Jetons à consommer" "tokens to consume", with a diameter between 16 and 23 mm.

But might be US as MeadowviewCollector said