This lucky dollar has a legendary story. The US$1 note was in the pocket of American rider Bill Steinkraus at the 1968 Mexico Games when he became show jumping champion. Twenty years later, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he handed the lucky charm to Pierre Durand, a French horseman. Durand and his horse Jappeloup de Luze also won the gold medal for show jumping. The story continued 16 years later in Athens, when Durand in turn passed the precious note to Brazilian jumper Rodrigo Pessoa, who likewise became Olympic champion in the show jumping competition.