Patent ID: 8151991

Claim:
A stored value token comprising: a three dimensional, rectangular shaped closeable volume, the closeable volume having a length, width, and a first thickness, the length being substantially greater than the width, the length and width being substantially greater than the first thickness, the closeable volume having first and second planar, two dimensional surfaces defined by the length and width, the closeable volume comprising human-perceivable media positioned on the first planar two dimensional surface, the closeable volume comprising machine-perceivable media encoded with information identifying a stored-value account positioned on the second planar two dimensional surface; a movable cover for allowing access to the closeable volume, the movable cover being attached to the closeable volume by a hinge; and a plurality of substantially identical movable objects contained within the closeable volume, each movable object having one or more second thicknesses, the first thickness being greater than each second thickness.