Patent ID: 7931204

Claim:
A generally disc-shaped token having a body produced by multiple injections of plastic material, the token comprising: a generally disc-shaped single-piece core of the body of the token produced by a first injection of plastic material and having a central portion defining the central portion of the body of said token and an annular peripheral portion defining at least part of an edge of said body of the token; and a covering layer produced by a second injection of plastic material around the peripheral portion of the core to produce in conjunction with the core one of, all or almost all of the edge and of the annular peripheral portion of the body of the token, wherein the core of the token incorporates an insert embedded in the plastic material of the central portion of said body during the first injection and comprising a contactless electronic microchip identification device, wherein said insert is secured between a first half-shell and a second half-shell of a first injection mold during said first injection of plastic material such that said resulting generally disc-shaped single-piece core is a single-piece construction with said insert being embedded within said plastic material of the central portion of said body of said core upon completion of said first injection.