Actaeon transforms into a stag – an exceptional mythological type

I call dibs on this when you decide to sell it!

 

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...and I call dibs on your Actaeon!

 

You know I've got my eye out for my Cointalk peeps.

 

and we all love and appreciate you Bill.

 

Am I correct that we have no idea at what value these circulated? US Civil War tokens were quite obviously made to replace unavailable cents and are dated to 1863 when the government was abandoning the overly expensive copper nickel cents. Are any of the tokens you consider made for monetary exchange identifiable as to either source or intent? Is there any hint that the government tolerated them or was a private merchant risking life even though the lead items were in no way similar to official coin. Are they found hoarded with coin or always singly? I could see something like these being sold lets say four for an as as prepaid admission to a bath but that is not the same thing as saying they would be legal tender for general circulation in the market. Worst, I have no idea what possible evidence could be found that would prove the matter one way or another.

 

A big, resounding yes! But that's another coin that will hopefully arrive later within a week or so. I don't want to jinx it by posting it now.

 

I wonder if they were like Pachinko balls? In Japan there is no gambling really, but you can pay money to play Pachinko and then cash in the balls for prizes . You can then use the balls to purchase items at the attached store, although there is an underground market where you can exchange the balls for cash... down the street.

 

Maybe they were Casino chips.

 

This would imply a level of law enforcement that simply did not exist in the Empire. And with regards to the idea of gaming tokens, I would ask, "What game?" We actually know a bit about ancient board games, and this vast variety of lead tokens do not fit into the picture at all. The bronze portrait types, however, could have been used for a variant of a game called duodecim scripta, which played sort of like backgammon.

EDIT: a link to play the game: http://www.novelgames.com/en/duodecim/