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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 507933, member: 4626&quot;]Yes, they are coins; they are legal tender, you can spend them for $1 worth of goods and services if you choose.&nbsp; The fact that almost nobody does, because their intrinsic value exceeds their face value, does not disqualigy them as &quot;coins.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly enough, I actually was paid with one as if it were a dollar, when I had a paper route (in 1990).&nbsp; Whether the person was just being generous or actually believed the coin to be worth only a dollar, who can say... but as I looked at the coin he insisted &quot;that&#039;s one of the new dollars; it&#039;s worth one dollar.&quot;&nbsp; I didn&#039;t argue the point!&nbsp; Was in my collection for quite a long time (I&#039;ve since sold it for significantly more than a dollar... not much more; since it was circulated I could only get melt value for it.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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