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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3723546, member: 10461&quot;]Nothing happened to the <i>hat</i>.&nbsp; It is in the closet still, as photographed today.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Great Recession happened to the <i>coins</i> on it, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, unemployed or underemployed working-class schmucks cannot afford the luxury of a hat bedangled with gold coins, unfortunately.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first serious collection of Roman coins was a similar casualty of those hard economic times when I was laid off in 2008.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually held on to many of the holey gold coins on the hat for a few more years, but had sold the last of them by 2012 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>If and when I replenish the hat, it will be with fun and interesting stuff, but much less expensive material.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want it to compete budgetarily with my primary collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re gonna be a weirdo and collect holed coins and use &#039;em as fashion accessories, &#039;tis best to keep it casual and cheap (-ish), perhaps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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