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- A piece of metal, wood or other material in a coin-like form used in trade or in accounting to track purchases Small medals and tokens can be confused with each other. Both fall under the category of exonumia. The purpose of the piece determined which it was. Medals bear no denomination or value. A token is a privately issued item that looks like a coin, but was not legal tender issued by a government. It typically had an exchange value for goods or services. There are dozens of sub-categories of tokens made over the last 300 years that attract specialized collectors. Token categories include: Metal admission passes, advertising devices, amusement tokens, apothecary weights, aviation items, bank tokens, Boy Scout items, metal calendars, charge coins, Christmas and holidays tokens, civil war tokens, communion tokens, coal mining and sales scrip, coin replicas and restrikes, dog license tags, elongated coins, encased coins, encased postage stamps, entertainment field tokens, exposition & fair tokens, famous people promotional pieces, flippers, gambling chips and tokens, game counters, hard times tokens, love tokens, engraved coins and altered coins, lumber industry tokens, fraternal organization pieces, movie prop money, national, regional and local events, membership medals, parking tokens, prison tokens, picker�s checks, children�s play money, prop coins, cremation tags, political tokens, manufacturers tokens, prison tokens, ration chits, real estate tokens, relic capsules, �made from� pieces, church and religious tokens, sales tax tokens, store coupon tokens, so-called dollars, tourist souvenir medals, commemorative trade coins, spinners, sports momentos, store cards, good luck tokens, slave badges, military ID tags, nameplates, telephone booth tokens, trade tokens, transportation tokens, vending tokens, lead bale seals and wooden nickels. Also: Guit�n and Jeton.
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