Coins in television, revisited!

MastaHanky

Every few months or so, a thread comes up about numismatics in movies and TV shows. I happened to be watching my favorite show and heard the following:

Grandpa Simpson, giving his in heritance to his family a bit early: "And to Homer, and the rest of the family, I leave these: a box of mint condition, 1918 Liberty Head silver dollars!'

Homer: "Dad, we'd love to stay here and listen to your amusing anecdotes, but we have to take these coins to the mall and spend them!"

OK, granted, there is no such thing as a 1918 Liberty Head silver dollar, but it was still amusing to hear.

jtryka

I was thinking about this thread last week! I was watching the Twilight Zone on SciFi Channel, and they had an episode on a haunted slot machine in Las Vegas, and it spit out nice AU/Unc. Morgans! The show ended when the hauted guy lost his last dollar in the machine, and eventually jumped out a window to his death. Then the machine appeared and spit out the dollar he lost and there was a nice unc Morgan rolling across the pavement to the dead guy.

richbeat

"Franklin...........Franklin!"

dorkkarl

didn't the 1913 nickel appear in some show in the 70's? i thought it was barnaby-jones, or hawaii 5-0, or something like that. mcmillan and wife???

K S

LanLord

<< <i>I was thinking about this thread last week! I was watching the Twilight Zone on SciFi Channel, and they had an episode on a haunted slot machine in Las Vegas, and it spit out nice AU/Unc. Morgans! The show ended when the hauted guy lost his last dollar in the machine, and eventually jumped out a window to his death. Then the machine appeared and spit out the dollar he lost and there was a nice unc Morgan rolling across the pavement to the dead guy. >>

Twilight Zone is my single favorite series ever. There was another where a guy on his way to work stops at a news paper stand and picks up a paper then flips a quarter into the vendors change box. It lands on edge, but in the background there are several SLQs and Mercs and I think a Walker too, I love to see that.

cladking

I was told there was something about a valuable nickel on "My Wife and Kids" last
week, but I missed it. Anybody see it?

mrdq

There is a new Lexus commercial. The point is something about value being a relative thing or something.. i forget the point BUT there is a woman who goes to a flower shop and pays for flowers with a 1943 copper cent.

Has anyone seen this? I forget the point of the commercial exactly but they focus on the cent and show it's value as $43,000 as part of their point.