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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pacecar, post: 1928098, member: 29388&quot;]I haven&#039;t ever seen any Silver Dollars that have been shot, but I would love to get down to Charleston, SC and see the Hunley exhibit. They have Lt. George Dixon&#039;s $20 gold piece that he was given by his girlfriend for luck when he left to join the Civil War. He was shot and the Gold coin saved his life. He(I&#039;m assuming) later inscribed on the reverse:</p><p>Shiloh</p><p>April 6th, 1862</p><p>My live preserver</p><p>G.E.D.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was all a rumor until the Hunley was found and they started to go through the preservation process on it. I am pretty sure that no one knew about the inscription on the back of it. That&#039;s a cool story, until you realize he didn&#039;t cheat death the 2nd time.</p><p><img src="http://www.hunley.org/final_images/contentlarge/dixonface.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.hunley.org/final_images/contentlarge/DixonRear.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=GOLDCOIN" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=GOLDCOIN" rel="nofollow">http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=GOLDCOIN</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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