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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy Abercrombie, post: 3375177, member: 92655&quot;]I did post a story of this coin some time back. The coin was displayed in the facility where the Hunley was being excavated when I viewed it. I only displayed the one side as my post was meant more to make an point rather than display the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Briefly, George Dixon was captain of the confederate submarine, HL Hunley. When he went to war his beloved gave him the coin and he carried it throughout the war for good luck. In the battle of Shiloh he was hit in the hip by a Union bullet. His hip was shattered, but the coin bore the impact of the bullet. He survived and recovered to captain the Hunley as his last act of service. The coin was legendary to civil war historians but nobody knew if it was legend or real until Captain Dixon’s remains were recovered during the subs excavation several years back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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