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In the movie Tombstone.....

relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

In one of the opening scenes, Doc Holiday is playing poker with Ed Baily. The camera pans the table and there is a silver dollar sized coin that appears to have a reverse similar to that of a Washington quarter. Has anyone ever paused the movie to see if they can figure out what kind of coin that is? The gunfight happened in 1882 for the sake of accuracy, why wouldn't they just have used Morgan dollars?

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  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    …I’m your huckleberry ;)

  • CopperWireCopperWire Posts: 492 ✭✭✭

    include photos and we can play too

  • d9lowed9lowe Posts: 312 ✭✭✭✭

    https://youtu.be/BvdK6IlXOCY

    Im going to assume you are talking about the 01:17 part of this clip? Hard to tell

  • ms71ms71 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2, 2021 6:01AM

    I think it's Faro they're playing in the video clip. It was by far the most popular gambling game in the old west, but TV and movies have people believing that poker was the game of choice. Poker didn't "take over" until the early 1900s according to the experts.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That was a classic example (although only acting) of what today is termed 'de-escalation' of a potentially dangerous situation. Usually not that simple in real life, especially since many situations are with EDP's.... Cheers, RickO

  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @d9lowe said:

    Im going to assume you are talking about the 01:17 part of this clip? Hard to tell

    Morgan?
    Lance.

  • Eldorado9Eldorado9 Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great scene, great movie.....

  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lkeigwin said:

    @d9lowe said:

    Im going to assume you are talking about the 01:17 part of this clip? Hard to tell

    Morgan?
    Lance.

    That's the coin doc was flipping through his fingers. There is a coin laying on the table in that same scene. But I do agree, that coin looks like a Morgan.

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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @d9lowe said:
    https://youtu.be/BvdK6IlXOCY

    Im going to assume you are talking about the 01:17 part of this clip? Hard to tell

    No, that's the scene after the play they all attend and they all go to the saloon. The scene I'm talking about is in the first 5 minutes of the movie before the Earps and Holiday made it to Tombstone.

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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is the scene I'm talking about. You can see the coin when Doc Holiday lays his guns on the table.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVIovQTzfwc

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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Huh. Not sure. Eagle looks to the right. Don't see reeding. Maybe some Hollywood props?
    Lance.

  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lkeigwin said:
    Huh. Not sure. Eagle looks to the right. Don't see reeding. Maybe some Hollywood props?
    Lance.

    The coin to the left of it appears to have a date of 1877. I think you're right, Hollywood props. They should've just used Morgans.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The big coin top right looks like the Rev. of a Washington Quarter!

    @lkeigwin said:
    Huh. Not sure. Eagle looks to the right. Don't see reeding. Maybe some Hollywood props?
    Lance.

  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,900 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Play money, no doubt......
    A few weeks ago, the hobo in front of me at the gas station, tried to use a "Motion Picture Association" hundred dollar bill to pay for his stuff. Of course, the clerk caught it immediately. I told him that he's fortunate that they didn't call the police........

  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,343 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I couldn't make heads or tails of the coin but enjoyed that scene.

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