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Atlas_Shrugged|Bracelet

The very first thing made from Rearden Metal is a bracelet. The bracelet symbolizes the value created by Hank Rearden's long struggle to invent Rearden Metal. When he gives it to Lillian Rearden as a present she says "It's fully as valuable as a piece of railroad rails." However, Lillian fully grasps the significance of the gift - her snide remark is her way of denigrating her husband's ethos.

Later, at a party, when Lillian wears the bracelet as a joke and makes fun of it, Dagny Taggart offers to buy it from her.

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