I've used the US version of that comparison. Also, poker chips in a casino.
In the US, we had "S&H Green Stamps". I'll never forget my parents waking me up in the middle of the night to go "Bowling for Green Stamps" when I was like 10 years old in the 1970s.
"I'll never forget my parents waking me up in the middle of the night to go "Bowling for Green Stamps"....." hahaha. Stephen