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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 561653, member: 4580&quot;]<b>Hmmm... I don&#039;t know for sure.&nbsp; : )</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although I could be wrong, it is my understanding that Augustus Lindenmueller refused the U.S. government&#039;s attempt to redeem a very large number of his tokens <u>that they had gathered up from a large number of banks.</u>&nbsp; From that point forward banks began to refuse the tokens, and the Coinage Act of 1984 came to pass.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure of what happened after that either.&nbsp; Did circulation stop immediately?&nbsp; That&#039;s a good question and I have no idea about that.&nbsp; : )</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m eager to know though.&nbsp; : )</p><p><br /></p><p>So die sinkers may have been suddenly put out of business, unless they had other avenues of revenue, like the manufacture of metal advertising signage or buttons, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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