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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tall Paul, post: 20575366, member: 114635&quot;]Nice pick up Hiddendragon. Any of the tokens produced during times of a lack of official coinage are quite interesting. British tokens, Conders etc., along with America&#039;s Hard Times Tokens, Civil War Patriotic and Store Card Tokens, and first period California Fractional Gold are all fascinating areas worth collecting. I also include Fractional Currency in the mix as well even though they are not metal and were issued by the Federal government, they were a means to address a severe shortage of small denomination coinage.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately there are lots of reference works on these different series and prices are still relatively low compared to &quot;official&quot; coinage. For example, I just picked up a Civil War store card at auction for less than $500, it is listed as a R-10. Like any numismatic collectable, buy the book(s). Happy hunting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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