1870-S Seated Dollar on NCIS
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Anybody see this episode last night?
This episode of the CBS Television and Belisarius Productions television program "NCIS" is about the
investigation of a deceased naval petty officer and an extremely valuable rare United States coin,
an 1870-S silver dollar.
https://youtu.be/El5nURMruhQThis episode is titled "Ephemera", and was first broadcast on February 18, 2020.
Jethro Gibbs head a team of United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Special Agents
who do police work similar to the FBI.
A retired navy petty officer is found dead in a car and is quickly determined to be a suicide.
A navy museum docent informs the NCIS team that the officer left a rare coin to the museum
which they would like to sell to finance their exhibits.
The NCIS team soon finds out that the coin may have been stolen from a wealthy businessman
whose daughter had been dating the navy officer in 1972.
The coin shown is a United States Seated Liberty silver dollar dated 1870 and with an 'S' mintmark
for the San Francisco Mint.
The coin in the picture appears to be a prop coin which does not look like an actual Seated Liberty
silver dollar.
She tells the team that only around 12 were minted and it would be worth over a million dollars.
A Spencer Downing visits the office and tells them that the coin was stolen from his father,
a wealthy businessman and coin collector, and that Arturo Amador was dating his sister Annie Downing
in 1972 at the time that the coin disappeared. Spencer asks the team to return the coin to him.
Dr. Donald Mallard, a team member, tells the group that to determine whether Amador was a thief
they will have to go through the "ephemera" that he left behind
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I hope we recorded it last night!
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Very interesting. I'll have to watch it on reruns.
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@1630Boston , thanks for posting this!
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A good episode, one of the few TV programs I watch (when opportunity arises). A good story, so catch it on reruns if you missed it...Cheers, RickO
The episode was first shown on February 18.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1033213/coins-on-tv-tonight-ncis-show
The episode had a good story but with some factual problems.
I put it on my "Coins on Television" website.
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1870-s "pattern" with a mintage of 12.
I watched this with my wife. What drove me nuts was this coin was “in the Raw” and not in a holder. And people were
handling it like it was a new Lincoln penny they just go in change.
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It was a prop and not real. If it was a real 1870-s Dollar, I am sure it would have been handled more carefully.
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