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bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭✭✭
Andy Griffith has passed away at the age of 86 this morning.

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Golden age TV has lost another legend.

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    guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,308 ✭✭✭

    He was a good'un. Gonna be missed by many. I loved his "football" bit he wrote a long time ago.

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    TURBOTURBO Posts: 510 ✭✭✭
    Anyone remember what the episode was called where Andy uses an buffalo nickel pulled from his desk drawer to teach Barney how easily he can be swindled. Andy says that due to a mistake at the Mint, the buffalo on this particular coin faces the wrong direction, making it a valuable investment?.
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,208 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Anyone remember what the episode was called where Andy uses an buffalo nickel pulled from his desk drawer to teach Barney how easily he can be swindled. Andy says that due to a mistake at the Mint, the buffalo on this particular coin faces the wrong direction, making it a valuable investment?. >>



    Barney was one of the original gangsters.
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    TURBOTURBO Posts: 510 ✭✭✭
    I found it. The coin collecting bit is at the very beginning of the show.

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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,969 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Had to look him up and realized that this post is neither numismatics-related nor talks about someone from my generation.
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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is also an episode of Matlock where he solved the case because
    of a 1936 PROOF Washington Quarter (Maybe someone knows)

    RIP Andy

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    DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Too bad the U.S. Mint didn't continue this series
    while Hollywood lost a generation
    since the last good series. We still have the Gold Spouse.
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    It was a funny series, just the same.
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    In a better time, too. We weren't so sensitive.
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    And people collected coins and could actually talk about it without breaking a rule.

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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,344 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    I amost thought he was immortal. Always in my life (on tv anyways). Sad loss.
    Gold and silver are valuable but wisdom is priceless.
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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I loved Andy !!!
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>image

    Too bad the U.S. Mint didn't continue this series
    while Hollywood lost a generation
    since the last good series.


    And people collected coins and could actually talk about it without breaking a rule. >>







    Is this gold????
    How do I get one?
    I have been there many times and studied him.

    PM me if anyone has this for sale...please

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>image

    Too bad the U.S. Mint didn't continue this series
    while Hollywood lost a generation
    since the last good series.


    And people collected coins and could actually talk about it without breaking a rule. >>







    Is this gold????
    How do I get one?
    I have been there many times and studied him.

    PM me if anyone has this for sale...please >>



    Yes issued in 1982 and is 1/2 ounce gold bullion.
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    JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    I started watching the Andy Griffith Show when I was about 4. One of my earliest memories. Sorry to hear this.
    Let's try not to get upset.
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    mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭
    Yep, brings back a lot of good childhood memories from the late 50s and early 60s.
    He seemed to be a real gentleman.
    RIP Andy.
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    COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭


    << <i>Had to look him up and realized that this post is neither numismatics-related nor talks about someone from my generation. >>



    He has been on TV almost every day for the past 50 years, so you must be on some far-out rock to miss this ???
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    EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Andy Griffith Show is still one of my favorites. This is sad to hear. He was one of the good ones. RIP.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that is a very sad loss to hear that. my condolances to him and everyone involved.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,817 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Had to look him up and realized that this post is neither numismatics-related nor talks about someone from my generation. >>



    He has been on TV almost every day for the past 50 years, so you must be on some far-out rock to miss this ??? >>



    Perhaps he is under 40 years old.

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    COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭


    << <i>

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    << <i>Had to look him up and realized that this post is neither numismatics-related nor talks about someone from my generation. >>



    He has been on TV almost every day for the past 50 years, so you must be on some far-out rock to miss this ??? >>



    Perhaps he is under 40 years old. >>



    Mayberry reruns have been on non-stop since the show ended and then he was Ben Matlock for quit a while.
    Hes been around longer the William Shatner. image
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    mikeygmikeyg Posts: 1,002 ✭




    A real classy guy and a gentleman in the true sense of the word.RIP andy.His movie "no time for seargents" is a classic comedy.Look it up.
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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,969 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Had to look him up and realized that this post is neither numismatics-related nor talks about someone from my generation. >>



    He has been on TV almost every day for the past 50 years, so you must be on some far-out rock to miss this ??? >>



    Perhaps he is under 40 years old. >>



    Mayberry reruns have been on non-stop since the show ended and then he was Ben Matlock for quit a while.
    Hes been around longer the William Shatner. image >>



    I am well under 40. I heard of Matlock as pop culture references go, but never watched the show itself because it was not a part of pop culture from the mid-90s when I started to watch US programming. My generation has good detective series, so no point in watching old reruns. He might have been in business longer than Shatner, but Star Treck is still around and evolved with the times.

    Still don't see the numismatic reference.
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    droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    Interestingly, AG was a sophisticated guy not at all like his cornpone Andy Taylor character. They call it "acting." And he was a good'un.

    Never won an Emmy but did win a Grammy for a gospel recording.
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    droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I loved his "football" bit he wrote a long time ago. >>



    That was his first big break as an actor. They pressed 500 copies of the original live recording - if you have one of those it's worth some bucks! (They re-recorded it for the commercial release.)

    Some big shot Hollywood record producer got ahold of it, hopped a plane to NC, signed him up, and whisked him off to Hollywood. The rest is history.
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
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    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
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    RaufusRaufus Posts: 7,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rest in.peace. Such innocent times. Loved the Andy Griffith Show. Amazing that it was possible to produce such a fantastic show with no violence, etc.
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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sad loss, as Andy Griffith was a GOOD man both on AND off screen.

    The show started before I was born and ended when I was just 2 years old but, as a child, I watched reruns every day after school.

    Ron Howard (who played his son) was one of the FEW child actors to turn out 'OK". Andy was always VERY proud of Ron.

    RIP ANDY! image

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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    << <i>Yes issued in 1982 and is 1/2 ounce gold bullion. >>







    Thanks! I visited Fallingwater as a child and it changed my life..........that's when I knew what I wanted to become when I grew upimage
    an Architect. I never knew I could have Fallingwater in goldimage

    Others may not be impressed but seeing this sure made my day! So at the age of ten I knew what I wanted to do in life.


    For those who don't know what Fallingwater is, this link takes you to the website





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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A life well lived.
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    DCWDCW Posts: 7,902 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>image

    Too bad the U.S. Mint didn't continue this series
    while Hollywood lost a generation
    since the last good series.


    And people collected coins and could actually talk about it without breaking a rule. >>







    Is this gold????
    How do I get one?
    I have been there many times and studied him.

    PM me if anyone has this for sale...please >>



    Yes issued in 1982 and is 1/2 ounce gold bullion. >>





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