Guess away while I compile a table with everyone’s tokens/hints
Alright. Long post. Table time:
| Initial Tokens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coin | User | Color | Icon | Magnet |
| 1 | pfm | Burgundy | Meowth | ? |
| 2 | pfm | Gold | Meowth | ? |
| 3 | Rattlesnake | Gold | Meowth | Bar |
| 4 | filthynwah | Gold | Meowth | 2 circles |
| 5 | tcgmaine | Gold | Meowth | 1 circle |
| 6 | bbobrrob | Gold/Bronze? | Meowth | 2 circles |
| 7 | xileets | Gold/Bronze? | Meowth | 2 circles |
| 8 | Slade | Burgundy | Meowth | Bar |
| 9 | Slade | Gold | Meowth | Bar |
| 10 | Throwingknifekiller | Gold | Meowth | Bar |
| 11 | Pkmnhawaii_collector | Gold/Bronze? | Meowth | Bar |
| 12 | Pokecollectoramy | Gold/Bronze? | Meowth | ? |
| 13 | shinyumbreon | Gold/Bronze? | Meowth | 1 circle |
| 14 | mrbubbles | Gold/Bronze | Meowth | 2 circles (1 gold) |
| 15 | zubat | Gold/Bronze | Meowth | ? |
| Second Batch | Glow in the dark | All magents bars | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coin | User | Color | Icon | Magnet | Picture | Clue |
| 1 | niece | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | Invisible | Manaphy | TM 94 THE CABAL PREVAILS. (Secret power?) |
| 2 | paper | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | Visible | Manaphy | TM 43 THE CABAL PREVAILS (Secret power?) |
| 3 | coil | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | ? | Manaphy | TM 70 THE CABAL PREVAILS (Flash? Trick Room?) |
| 4 | bbobrob | Yellow/Blue | Smeargle | Visible | Wooper 1st place | TM 10 (Hidden Power?, Dig?) |
| 5 | bbobrob | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | Visible | Manaphy | |
| 6 | rtas | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | ? | ? | TM 70 (Flash? Trick Room?) |
| 7 | holahart | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | ? | Manaphy | TM 94 (Secret Power?) |
| 8 | Rattlesnake | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | Visible | Manaphy | TM 70 (Flash? Trick Room?) |
| 9 | ayoveer | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | ? | Manaphy | TM 94 (Secret Power?) |
| 10 | pfm | Green/Blue | Smeargle | ? | ? | TM 43 THE CABAL PREVAILS (Secret power?) |
| 11 | mrbubbles | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | ? | Manaphy | TM 43 THE CABAL PREVAILS (Secret power?) |
| 12 | mada0 | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | ? | Manaphy | TM 70 THE CABAL PREVAILS (Flash? Trick Room?) |
| 13 | decoypalmette | Green/Yellow | Smeargle | Visible | Manaphy | TM 10 (Hidden Power?, Dig?) |
| 14 | decoypalmette | Blue | Smeargle | Visible | Onix |
| Third Batch | Flower shaped | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coin | User | Color | Icon | Magnet | Clue |
| 1 | RagingKraken | Pink | Snorlax on Flower | Yes | efour bookmark - Snorlax at Hawaii, Mew sleeve |
Notable points/summary:
Users who got coins from multiple batches:
pfm (Batch 1/2)
Rattlesnake (Batch 1/2)
bbobrob (Batch 1/2)
mrbubbles (Batch 1/2)
Users with multiple tokens from same batch:
pfm (Batch 1)
Slade (Batch 1)
bbobrob (Batch 2)
decoypalmette (Batch 2)
Batch 1:
Possibly Braille. Missing magnet info, and I suck at permutations, so I’m not the go to for making a sentence out of it. Maybe Regi related. 2 burgundy coins could have a significance to position in the message?
Batch 2:
Secret power, flash, hidden power seem to be the accepted answer. Again, possibly Regi related here. Also, tokens glow in the dark. Hmmm.
Wonder if there’s a significance to the tokens that came with the different artworks.
Batch 3:
I think it’s calling me fat. Also Regi related?
Flower could be Hawaii’s state flower - Hibiscus
Don’t know if it’s relevant to anything, but the flower is Hawaii’s state flower, the hibiscus. Maybe it’s to tease a new Alolan form of Snorlax 
The problem I’m having is trying to relate this 3rd batch to the previous 2. The only thing I could come up with that related the first 2 was the Regis. And even then that’s a stretch, because we never figured out what the magnets signify in Batch 1.
Yeah, it’s all a little too openended right now 
Some sort of anchor would help us at least understand what direction to head towards. Guess we just keep building clues in the meantime.
I also don’t actually know the Regi puzzles, so I can’t even relate these clues to that.
Love the chart, indeed it can help when things are laid out. First time I’ve seen it mentioned that Smeargle is involved.
A correction to your statement I feel is needed. This is not the 3rd token style that has been distributed for research. Mysterious tokens are continuously found and are constantly being researched around the world, some more linited than others. Once suitable researchers are found, research materials are distributed, and most importantly they become the property of those who have them.
Now you’ve got my hyper fixated on the Smeargle.
Guess I’ll have to change my wording for the tokens. If someone has a suggestion to how to group/label them, I’m all ears.
No need to hyper fixate but so many people posted photos and went off on tangents without ever putting into words what they were referencing. If the photo disappears then there is no way to tell what they are talking about so its best to start research with the scientific method.
I also received a Snorlax bookmark that matches yours exactly, nothing on the back. No token in my package though, so I didn’t think it was connected to this research.
Hmmm. No I’m even more confused about what the hint is supposed to be.