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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4795570, member: 10461&quot;]In many places, a real hodgepodge of stuff circulated, when there were shortages of small-denomination coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Medals also got worn by being worn (<i>literally</i> worn- as personal ornaments- if they had holes or mounts on them).&nbsp; Or they got carried as pocket pieces, or used as gaming counters or mathematical counters.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Really, there are any number of scenarios to explain why so many old tokens and medals got well worn, just as though they were circulating coins.&nbsp; Even when they weren&#039;t necessarily circulating as money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve often pondered this myself.&nbsp; How&#039;d they get this way?&nbsp; But the fact is, a lot of them did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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