recently set out to connect with his community, which he accomplished.

>> But it cost a few cents.

The Rogers Park resident started a scavenger hunt style game hiding coins around the neighborhood and post includes on social media but ongoing, aggressive federal immigration enforcement in the city made the new Miss Mattis decide to change course.

>> numbers which is the front of the coin.

You've got the bus the weighty liberty.

That's John Martin lead a local coin collector also known as an investment test showing off one of his many early American coins.

personal collection.

>> It's a local We we rare less than 100 of these in world.

>> When we first met Martin back in September, he had decided to share his love of coins with his neighbors in Rogers Park.

So he started a literal treasure hunt.

He had the coins around his community and alleyways and little free libraries at Saint Ignatius Church.

We're leaving clues of their whereabouts on the social media platform next The coin hunt became a major hit.

>> I kind of expected most of the interest to be older guys, because, you know, that's usually it's a graphic with people who collect, especially this air of quidditch.

But no, there was young peoples of all ages, college students, moms, dads runs the store, appear near Howard.

It's it's yeah, it's it's been really cool.

How broad the appeal this.

But I was surprised by that margin started his collection 20 years ago.

It's always awesome to be able to hold a piece history in your hands, especially something that was used.

>> On a regular basis by people.

10200 years ago.

He estimates he has some 600 coins.

>> I've got 4.18, 0, 4, Great.

Let's pass us and none of them are alike.

In fact, these are old dramatically different, but they're several others that are just in the testimony.

Small difference between them.

>> Martin released 6 coins with the goal of giving away a total of 10 before the year ended.

But then plans changed.

>> Rogers Park became one of the communities hit by a land federal immigration enforcement.

After seeing the fear and concern in his neighborhood.

Martin put the coin hunt on pause.

>> got You'd have to be an idiot not to recognize that what's going on just.

>> You know, you don't go around and children that are rounding up parents in front of their children or even kids themselves.

You don't go harassing neighborhoods.

People who are at work going into business, scaring the, you know, the Jesus that of people for no reason for no reason other than to make a political statement.

And it's not even a good one.

>> Rogers Park is one of the most diverse neighborhoods and Chicago with more than 60 different languages spoken in the area nearly 25% of residents were born a different country.

>> Everyone in from everywhere lives here.

And it's it's one of the reasons I like it so much.

You know, we all know exactly why they targeted this neighborhood.

>> especially West Florida Youve got working class people of every sort just across Florida.

>> Don't get >> is infuriating is it's like what are we supposed to do as much as I enjoy doing the coin hunt?

Getting to interact with people in my neighborhood.

It's not worth it put anybody at risk for it.

>> So I originally intended just postpone it.

>> Put up a post about that and there was a handful of unpleasant people Responded.

And I decided to just go ahead and cancel it after that.

>> I thought about giving away his last 4 points to Chicago has been illegally apprehended and then released by ICE.

But he's still considering the best way to spend the remaining sober.

I've still got it.

And I'd still like to give them Not entirely sure what I want to do about that.

And I was thinking of just, you know, >> this year and a neighbor.

You know, you go to again.

If they hadn't heard about it just those random, strange man approaching people the street.