Coins in Movies - Time to Kill (1942) Brasher Doubloon

WillieBoyd2

These pictures are from the 1942 Twentieth Century Fox film "Time To Kill"
which was based on Raymond Chandler's 1942 novel "The High Window",
along with Brett Halliday's Michael Shayne detective character.

My post with pictures is on my website under "Coins in Movies".

Justlooking

They don't make 'em like that anymore ... the movie or the doubloon.

LochNESS

That's so cool! It's too bad even if they did make that movie today, I doubt it would get a large enough audience. Well I know what I'll be watching next weekend

LochNESS

PS: my dad has often remarked in various films, James Bond and other, "hey that coin wasn't minted in this time period" etc. etc. I'll have to ask him about any more coins of the silver screen.

CaptHenway

Interesting in that one of the plot details is that the coin is supposedly worth more because the initials are on the left wing of the eagle, but in the pictures of the prop coin used in the movie the initials, EB, are on the right wing of the eagle as seen by the viewer.

On genuine Brasher Doubloons the initials can be found either on the eagle's breast or on the left wing as seen by the viewer. I wonder if the prop man took the description literally and decided that since the eagle is facing, the eagle's left wing is to the viewer's right, and placed the initials there.

More likely he didn't care, but the result was, indeed, unique.

astrorat

Interesting ... thanks!

mrearlygold

neat!

messydesk

<< <i>On genuine Brasher Doubloons the initials can be found either on the eagle's breast or on the left wing as seen by the viewer. I wonder if the prop man took the description literally and decided that since the eagle is facing, the eagle's left wing is to the viewer's right, and placed the initials there. >>


VAM book descriptions of eagle parts are also always with respect to the entire eagle.

So is the movie any good?

yellowkid

Great post, thanks, I love those old flicks, the coin isn't bad either