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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 6562048, member: 66"]The amount of opium you could hide in a box dollar might get you one dose. Why bother. Especially since up until 1914 you could legally go to the pharmacy and buy as much as you wanted legally over the counter. Opium, cocaine, heroin could all be purchased legally.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say that most if not all box dollars were made to be lockets with a photo or keepsake inside. And yes they were made from two separate coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 6562048, member: 66"]The amount of opium you could hide in a box dollar might get you one dose. Why bother. Especially since up until 1914 you could legally go to the pharmacy and buy as much as you wanted legally over the counter. Opium, cocaine, heroin could all be purchased legally. I would say that most if not all box dollars were made to be lockets with a photo or keepsake inside. And yes they were made from two separate coins.[/QUOTE]
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