We think of tokens as something entirely new, yet they aren't. There were private coins issued for much of history. Here's one my great-grandfather used at his country store. With crypto, we're going back to the future.  https://i.imgur.com/oV7SOzq.png

Building. Prior: VP at Adobe, GM of Behance, co-founder of the Content Authenticity Initiative, early days at TED. https://williamallen.com

Totally, and there's lot of contemporaneous examples like https://bernalbucks.org/ / https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-bernal-bucks-20120206-1-story.html