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Message:: [QUOTE="Kanderus, post: 1237822, member: 28447"]Well today I saw a pretty unique sight. An elderly gentleman came into the store today, looking for a heat gun. He was wearing a plain black hat with a chrome-looking medalion on it. At first I paid no mind, thinking it was one of the hats that retired Army/Navy etc wear. Well, when the time came to ring the man up, I glanced again at his hat, and planned on asking him how long he had served...well then I noticed what the medalion on his hat was: the reverse of a Liberty Walking half-dollar! It was polished, so it looked almost chrome but upon closer inspection you could see definate petina (sp?) and it was thick too, like the size of a normal half, so this was definately once a regular ol' Walker! I asked him about it, and he said he is friends with some hot-shot coin collector down in Santa Monica...can't remember the name...and that guy made it for him. I wonder how he did it? Maybe silver-soldered the coin to a pin he had sewn into the that? Anyways, since I only have one Walker, I cherish it greatly....but maybe once I get the point where I have a couple hundred I'll do the same thing! Very cool. Oh, and skunked at $3.50 loose halves. The wife Judy Jetson'd me (think back to the intro to The Jetson's, you'll get it.) so I was unable to snag those $75 in rolled Ikes. Gonna have to wait till next week. Major bummer.[/QUOTE]