Inside the weird, obsessive world of Olympic pin trading

usatodaysports 2016-08-18

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At every Olympics, a strange subculture surfaces around the Olympic village: the pin traders. These collectors and hawkers are the center of an alternative currency known simply as \u0022pins\u0022. Don't you dare call them a \u0022button\u0022.
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