Got Chuck E Cheese Tokens?

joeykoins

Hi guys,
Me and my grandson, Daniel, were waiting in the car for my wife. She was grocery shopping at Walmart. Daniel was in my glove compartment rummaging through it. He pulled out this Chuck E Cheese Token! I forgot I had some in there? Lol.
Do you guys collect these too? I have assorted dates. Here is my 2009.

MWallace

I don't collect them myself but there is a dedicated group of Chuckie Cheese token collectors.

Smudge

The band sucks
The pizza’s cold
And you eat it with a snot nose 4 year old.

joeykoins

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Jzyskowski1

2013. Grandson birth year 😉

Jzyskowski1

2013. > @Smudge said:

The band sucks
The pizza’s cold
And you eat it with a snot nose 4 year old.

“And get off my lawn!”🤨

Smudge

@Jzyskowski1 said:
2013. > @Smudge said:

The band sucks
The pizza’s cold
And you eat it with a snot nose 4 year old.

“And get off my lawn!”🤨

And no you can’t fish in my pond.

StrikeOutXXX

I buy a lot of world coin and token lots which usually have a lot of these in there. I used to just put these in a bag for a later day. Well, one day I had a few thousand and tried making sense of them all.

Even found a guide here:
https://www.cectokens.com/
(I'll attach too)

I didn't have any of the earlier ones that sell $10-$20+ each on eBay (Serious - look at sold listings).

After about an hour of looking I gave up and told the kids to get in the van. Closest CeC is about 45 minutes away, but they played games for over 4 hours and still had tokens to spare. This was just before COVID hit.

2+ years later, I'm back to a few hundred accumulated, guess this is a good reminder to go through them again.

2windy2fish

Really??? How can this thread be possibly Numismatic??? Please stop...

JoeLewis

cectokens.com is my website 😀

JBK

I have a few I've found in various Coinstar machines.

Treashunt

I have a bunch -- somewhere.

Most I found metal detecting

ricko

I have never been to a Chuck E. Cheese, never even saw one.... and never had a token.... That is one odd ball I have not found in a Coinstar. Definitely an experience I intend to not have. Cheers, RickO

JBK

@JoeLewis said:
cectokens.com is my website 😀

That's a great website.

It says that it has not been updated since August 2020. Are you out if things to add, or have you moved on?

I especially like the page where it explains what is needed to have a full set within each category (type, all issues, etc.).

JoeLewis

I have a few tickets that I recently discovered left to add, but the tokens are pretty much all locked in. I haven’t seen or heard of any others existing.

The Field Guide is actually more up to date than the website. Life happens and I never seem to get around to it.

Klif50

Several years back Chuckie quit using the tokens and went to a swipe card where after you played a game you could swipe your card and whatever you won, in token worth, was added to your balance, then you could exchange your card balance for "free" gifts and prizes. The Chuckie Cheese Pizza place in Douglasville, GA closed and was torn down. I don't know about the rest of the franchise.

oldabeintx

Still have, ah, memories from when the kids were young.

BuffaloIronTail

@oldabeintx said:
Still have, ah, memories from when the kids were young.

Yea. Me too.

My grandkids loved the place. I just sat there and put up with it all.

I believe that the CEC tokens are as collectable as any other, and that the date only adds to their interest for some.

Pete

Oldhoopster

I used to take my kids there 15-20 years ago. Yes the Pizza sucked, but the kids had a good time. I used to save one of each diff date, but they're buried in a box somewhere.

@2windy2fish said:
Really??? How can this thread be possibly Numismatic??? Please stop...

Tokens are considered Exonumia and a part of Numismatics. Not for everyone (I have little interest in stuff like this), but if there is no reason why it shouldn't be discussed on a coin chat site, IMO.

StrikeOutXXX

OK, this thread got me to go through what's come in world/token lots in the last few years Thanks @joeykoins

@JoeLewis Here's the breakdown.

1979 = 4 (Reno, Nevada, Stockton, CA (3 dots), 2x San Jose, CA)
1980 = 2 (Sunnyvale, CA, other without location)
1981 = 28 (3x San Jose, CA, 4x San Diego, CA - 21 without location) 4x 3D Obv, 13x Pilgrim Hat MM, 1 Fan touches, 1 No circle around (c), one "value",
1982 = 10 (All without locations, 6 without circle on (C) - 2 look like different font (sunk lines in middle of date/IPWT - thought it was doubled at first glance)
1983 = 4 (All thick-lettered adult head)
1984 = x
1985 = 3
1986 = x
1987 = x
1988 = 2
1989 = 1
1990 = 2 WAKCBAK/WAKCBAK Small and a CEC -Guide says small, but the (R) is same as other Large ones
1991 = 5 (2x Copper Plated Large (R)'s)
1992 = x
1993 = 3 (2x Small (R)'s)
1994 = 1 (Small (R))
1995 = 3
1996 = 2
1997 = 4
1998 = 1
1999 = 10
2000 = 3
2001 = 4
2002 = 3
2003 = 4
2004 = 5
2005 = 5
2006 = 2
2007 = 8
2008 = 6
2009 = 12
2010 = 7
2011 = 6
2012 = 9

And 4 Showbiz Pizza Tokens (All type 2)

So 163 total - not quite ready for another kids day out - I took over a thousand last time.

The locations make sense, as the biggest token lot I bought came from California. Decent mix of obverses/heads and reverse types/fonts, etc.

No nickel or colored or aluminum ones in the mix, none of the rarer smaller diameters or special tokens.

It's crazy looking at completed eBay sales - some single tokens go $40+ a ton that sold in that $15-$20 range then another pretty big group selling $5-$10 each.

I didn't see anything your guide calls a rarity 4/5 - maybe a couple of 2/3's and a ton of 1's. I'll put the 1's in a bag for the kids and start paying more attention to these varieties for sure!

JoeLewis

@StrikeOutXXX said:

OK, this thread got me to go through what's come in world/token lots in the last few years Thanks @joeykoins

@JoeLewis Here's the breakdown.

1979 = 4 (Reno, Nevada, Stockton, CA (3 dots), 2x San Jose, CA)
1980 = 2 (Sunnyvale, CA, other without location)
1981 = 28 (3x San Jose, CA, 4x San Diego, CA - 21 without location) 4x 3D Obv, 13x Pilgrim Hat MM, 1 Fan touches, 1 No circle around (c), one "value",
1982 = 10 (All without locations, 6 without circle on (C) - 2 look like different font (sunk lines in middle of date/IPWT - thought it was doubled at first glance)
1983 = 4 (All thick-lettered adult head)
1984 = x
1985 = 3
1986 = x
1987 = x
1988 = 2
1989 = 1
1990 = 2 WAKCBAK/WAKCBAK Small and a CEC -Guide says small, but the (R) is same as other Large ones
1991 = 5 (2x Copper Plated Large (R)'s)
1992 = x
1993 = 3 (2x Small (R)'s)
1994 = 1 (Small (R))
1995 = 3
1996 = 2
1997 = 4
1998 = 1
1999 = 10
2000 = 3
2001 = 4
2002 = 3
2003 = 4
2004 = 5
2005 = 5
2006 = 2
2007 = 8
2008 = 6
2009 = 12
2010 = 7
2011 = 6
2012 = 9

And 4 Showbiz Pizza Tokens (All type 2)

So 163 total - not quite ready for another kids day out - I took over a thousand last time.

The locations make sense, as the biggest token lot I bought came from California. Decent mix of obverses/heads and reverse types/fonts, etc.

No nickel or colored or aluminum ones in the mix, none of the rarer smaller diameters or special tokens.

It's crazy looking at completed eBay sales - some single tokens go $40+ a ton that sold in that $15-$20 range then another pretty big group selling $5-$10 each.

I didn't see anything your guide calls a rarity 4/5 - maybe a couple of 2/3's and a ton of 1's. I'll put the 1's in a bag for the kids and start paying more attention to these varieties for sure!

Awesome! Hunting, discovering, and cataloging these tokens was some of the must fun I’ve had in 35 years of coin collecting!

JoeLewis

Wow! This post from 12 years ago shows when I got interested in these tokens and began collecting them!

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/735854/seriously-does-anyone-collect-chuck-e-cheese-tokens/p1

robkool

I've actually sold a few of these CEC tokens a few years back on the bay, and I manage to save some of the rarer ones. Kool thread !!!
Thanks for sharing...

Che_Grapes

the pizza is not bad if you’re stoned - in fact, the entire experience is better that way...

The_Dinosaur_Man

This is fantastic, and that's a great website! I hope arcade tokens get a spark of interest from collectors since the whole arcade industry is going the way of the dinosaur. One of my favorite books in my numismatic library is an arcade token collector's guide.

moursund

GAAAHHH stop spelling it "Chuckie"!!!

moursund

@robkool said:
I've actually sold a few of these CEC tokens a few years back on the bay, and I manage to save some of the rarer ones. Kool thread !!!
Thanks for sharing...

Can you CAC a CEC?

joeykoins

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joeykoins

@The_Dinosaur_Man said:
This is fantastic, and that's a great website! I hope arcade tokens get a spark of interest from collectors since the whole arcade industry is going the way of the dinosaur. One of my favorite books in my numismatic library is an arcade token collector's guide.

BuffaloIronTail

@Che_Grapes said:
the pizza is not bad if you’re stoned - in fact, the entire experience is better that way...

Far out and Groovy!

You hit the head right on the nail!

....................or something like that.

Pete

Connecticoin

@2windy2fish said:
Really??? How can this thread be possibly Numismatic??? Please stop...

Exonumia is Numismatic in my book

fathom

@Klif50 said:
Several years back Chuckie quit using the tokens and went to a swipe card where after you played a game you could swipe your card and whatever you won, in token worth, was added to your balance, then you could exchange your card balance for "free" gifts and prizes. The Chuckie Cheese Pizza place in Douglasville, GA closed and was torn down. I don't know about the rest of the franchise.

Like the rest of society the amusement center market is moving to card systems. A card system allows a myriad of promotional flexibility and significant service and labor savings. Expect to see fewer tokens in use generally for amusements.

jom

I used to call it "Up Chuck E. Cheese" in response to how much I "liked" their pizza.

jom

moursund

@fathom said:

@Klif50 said:
Several years back Chuckie quit using the tokens and went to a swipe card where after you played a game you could swipe your card and whatever you won, in token worth, was added to your balance, then you could exchange your card balance for "free" gifts and prizes. The Chuckie Cheese Pizza place in Douglasville, GA closed and was torn down. I don't know about the rest of the franchise.

Like the rest of society the amusement center market is moving to card systems. A card system allows a myriad of promotional flexibility and significant service and labor savings. Expect to see fewer tokens in use generally for amusements.

Fewer tokens, with just a token few tokens remaining...

BLUEJAYWAY

@ricko said:
I have never been to a Chuck E. Cheese, never even saw one.... and never had a token.... That is one odd ball I have not found in a Coinstar. Definitely an experience I intend to not have. Cheers, RickO

So no Chuck E. Cheese "show reports" from you.

BLUEJAYWAY

A friends children used to call it Chunky Cheese.

ricko

@BLUEJAYWAY .... That sounds like what happened AFTER they ate there..... Cheers, RickO

ccmorgan

I'll go with AU55?