A Rogers Park coin collector is gradually leaving a collection of rare, early American coins around the neighborhood for residents to claim through the rest of the year.

Jon Martin, 38, has “boxes and boxes” of coins, many of them from the early 1800s, that he’s amassed over his lifetime — so many that he’s decided to relinquish 10 of them and have a little fun in the process.

Three of the coins — an 1830 coronet head large cent, an 1806 draped bust large cent and, the most rare of them all, an 1800 draped bust half cent — have already been dropped and found in the neighborhood since mid-August.

Martin is leaving clues of the coins’ locations on the Nextdoor app, taking photos that contain small hints of the placement that most likely only locals could identify. Although there’s no prec

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