I would argue that you buy ecash from a mint, whereas a coordinator provides an obfuscation service.
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Ecash mint is similar to custodial mixer where you deposit and withdraw. However, mints use blind signatures or tokens instead of accounts.
The ecash is a bearer instrument that you purchase with bitcoin. You don't deposit and withdraw. There are no accounts to withdraw from. You redeem tokens which were purchased previously.
Unless I misunderstand how it works, I'm an ecash noob. Happy to be educated. @calle
Yeah, tokens are redeemable at the bank but they are controlled by the bearer.