Please help.
TonyaL
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I’ve searched the internet, used google, google lens’s, and coinoscope and I still haven’t been able to find out what these are. Could someone please tell me what they are. At this point I’m not even sure they’re actual coins. Thank you for any and all help. 
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IVB
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Here is some info:
Bus tokens were first issued in 1977 in Seoul. Later, other localities used them; mostly the larger cities of South Korea, although one provincial issue exists. Bus tokens were a means of streamlining the collection of bus fares. Prior to tokens, fares had been collected by young women who rode the buses and had to individually collect each fare from every passenger. Bus ridership in Korea declined drastically after 1980 due to the development of underground railways and the growth in the ownership of private cars. Bus tokens continued to be used over various periods of time depending on location, but were gradually phased out. The death knell for bus tokens was when bus companies in Seoul started fitting their buses with RFID "saved-value card” card readers. This began around 1996. The last tokens in Seoul were used in 1999. The last bus tokens used in Korea were in Daegu and they were finally withdrawn in 2008.
Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/south-korean-token.3040611
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It is not a coin but some kind of Korean token. Can you provide weight and diameter of this piece?
The diameter is roughly 19mm and if I had to guess I’d say between 2 and 3g possibly.
@TonyaL
This is a bus token from South Korea, Daegu city.
On the obverse there are inscription 일반 (normal fare), on the reverse 시내 버스 (city bus) and 대구 (Daegu).
Thank you very much for all your help.
Also, I’ve searched all over for information about this thing and can’t really find any information about them.
The info available on this site is amazing. This is an obscure topic that got a quick and very complete answer.
Thank you very much for the information. Last question and then I’ll try not to keep bothering you. Is this something I should hold on to?
Do you mean the value of this token? I think its market value is low.