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I'm a Millennial and have a collection of these. IDK why -- probably because they're small and cheap and therefore pretty convenient as a souvenir -- but back when I was a kid I just got in the habit of grabbing one whenever I traveled.
I also have a jar of pressed pennies because, again, small and cheap.
Wikipedia's Emglish server is down, we'll have to settle for English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin
Whoops! I had edited the URL from en.m.wikipedia.org so it would be a normal desktop-site link, but apparently screwed it up. I've fixed it now, though.