He sees that those things on which he once placed so much value are not truly valuable. They are tokens for use in a certain period, in a certain place. If you take a subway token to Russia, it cannot be used. It is meant to be used here. Beyond that they have no meaning.
Friendship based on the spiritual level remains permanent.
Because it has an inner connection, above and beyond its outside connection. In The Last Days of Pompeii, a volcano was about to erupt. An old man of greed and covetousness had jewels and gold coins hidden away in his house. It is too heavy and you will not be able to run fast. The old man did not trust his son even during that last moment.