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<p>[QUOTE="playpossum0985, post: 1691096, member: 23806"]Everything I have found out about these leads me to believe they were actually trade tokens. Keep in mind, the Indians were still being rounded up in the first 2 decades of the 1900's, And are still on these reservations today. The Reservations are basicly independant Country's with their own set of laws. </p><p> </p><p> I met a guy that actually had dug one of these coins/tokens up on his farm in the late 40's or early 50's. It was pretty clean so it had not been there too long. He did some looking into them and that was his story. I Question the fact that there is no monitary value stamped into the design, but back in the barter days they had things figures out pretty darn good.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen a few on ebay as well and they were listed as trade tokens. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I am always up for a better education on this subject, so if anyone has any more info it would be appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="playpossum0985, post: 1691096, member: 23806"]Everything I have found out about these leads me to believe they were actually trade tokens. Keep in mind, the Indians were still being rounded up in the first 2 decades of the 1900's, And are still on these reservations today. The Reservations are basicly independant Country's with their own set of laws. I met a guy that actually had dug one of these coins/tokens up on his farm in the late 40's or early 50's. It was pretty clean so it had not been there too long. He did some looking into them and that was his story. I Question the fact that there is no monitary value stamped into the design, but back in the barter days they had things figures out pretty darn good. I have seen a few on ebay as well and they were listed as trade tokens. But I am always up for a better education on this subject, so if anyone has any more info it would be appreciated![/QUOTE]
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