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<p>[QUOTE="ZoidMeister, post: 5291483, member: 114169"]It would be silly to try to spend one at "face value" given they cost multiple hundreds of times "face value."</p><p><br /></p><p>Given that fact, they are repurposed legal tender. Likened to a coin with a counter stamp or a carved love token, only these are mostly 100% over stamped. Carved coins like hobo nickels and love tokens have material taken away from them. These do not, they are full weight for their denomination. The intent is for them not to be used as tender. It would be a losing proposition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ZoidMeister, post: 5291483, member: 114169"]It would be silly to try to spend one at "face value" given they cost multiple hundreds of times "face value." Given that fact, they are repurposed legal tender. Likened to a coin with a counter stamp or a carved love token, only these are mostly 100% over stamped. Carved coins like hobo nickels and love tokens have material taken away from them. These do not, they are full weight for their denomination. The intent is for them not to be used as tender. It would be a losing proposition.[/QUOTE]
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