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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4279179, member: 10461&quot;]I don&#039;t know if the stories of those &quot;box dollar&quot; Trade dollars having been used to smuggle opium have any basis in truth.&nbsp; I suppose it&#039;s technically <i>possible</i>, but I suspect most were used as lockets for keepsakes and pictures.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen one or two with pictures in them.&nbsp; Note that the one pictured above appears to have a woman&#039;s name engraved inside.&nbsp; The workmanship on some of them is stunning, and often appears seamless and nearly invisible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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