Hawaii Five O Stolen Nickel Episode Aired Today

RichR

The $100,000 Nickel episode...a 1913 Liberty Head...was on MeTV today.

Mr. Freeze from Batman was the villain of the day.

Always an enjoyable watch.

How much is that coin worth today?

WillieBoyd2

The REAL Hawaii Five-O nickel:

A scene from the 1973 "Hawaii Five-O" episode "The $100,000 Nickel"

johnny9434

I remember when it first aired. It was a fun watch

JBK

@WillieBoyd2 said:
The REAL Hawaii Five-O nickel:

A scene from the 1973 "Hawaii Five-O" episode "The $100,000 Nickel"

I've never seen that closeup. Very interesting.

As I recall, the real coin was on the set or at least in Hawaii, but obviously it was never handled like that. I remember one shot where it was shown on a bar with other coins.

1northcoin

@RichR said:
The $100,000 Nickel episode...a 1913 Liberty Head...was on MeTV today.

Mr. Freeze from Batman was the villain of the day.

Always an enjoyable watch.

How much is that coin worth today?

OK, I will try to find a link to a prior posting that referenced the nickel's worth "today."

lilolme

Here is the IMDb link to that show episode. (no photos for this episode)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598155/

And some Trivia from IMDb which I did Not verify.

Other rare coins and their values depicted in this episode are: 1879 four-dollar gold Stella - $18,000 (2021 values $800,000+ if coiled hair, $500,000 if flowing hair) ; Octagonal 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo $50 gold - $15,000 ( $280,000+); Round 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo $50 gold - $15,000 ($250,000+); 1796 Silver Dollar - $20,000 ($50,000 ,+); 1795 Liberty Cap gold Eagle - $12,000 ($250,000+) (2021 market values updated in parentheses, these are specimens in the highest graded condition). ( The 1913 Nickle is over $3 million)

And as noted above a Goof from IMDb

The coin Arnie drops in the newspaper machine is clearly a 1910 nickel, not the 1913 coin that was stolen.

1northcoin

OK, here is a link to one of the multiple Hawaii Five-O threads. This one from just last year to give a response to the inquiry as to the coin's worth "today."

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13056402#Comment_13056402

ricko

I have never seen the show (Hawaii Five O), and likely will not since I really do not watch much TV. As I recall though, a rare coin was often the topic of some series... I seem to remember people talking about a Perry Mason episode, and I think there was some western show as well with a coin topic. Valuable coins seems to be a popular theme for a short adventure show. Cheers, RickO

RichR

I also stand corrected from my original post...the villain played King Tut on Batman, not Mr. Freeze!

JBK

@ricko said:
I have never seen the show (Hawaii Five O), and likely will not since I really do not watch much TV.

And I thought I was behind the times in regard to TV and the movies.

There have now been two "Hawaii Five O" series. The remake has also ended, a few years ago. There were lots of great historical WWII and Hawaiian cultural story lines in that one, but none were coin-related that I can recall.