Coins in Movies - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Moidores

WillieBoyd2

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" was the second of the "Indiana Jones" films
starring Harrison Ford as a 1930's archaeologist and adventurer.

Early in the film, some coins appear on a table, they are based on Portuguese gold Moidores.
Moidores circulated in the American colonies and were favorites of pirates.

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

DorkGirl

TwoKopeiki

I enjoy reading your series. Plus this is one of my favourite movies of all times!

Weiss

Buy you a beer if you can tell me what kind of coin Charlie Bucket finds in the gutter in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

WillieBoyd2

See the thread:

Coins in Movies - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
at:
Willy Wonka Coin

It is a Maria Theresa Thaler reverse.

lordmarcovan

I remember the nightclub scene, but not there having been coins in it.

I always thought this was a rather dumb movie, even allowing for the usual over-the-top, comic-book-ey attitude of most of the Indiana Jones films. I watched it in the movie theater with my high school friend. Actually, I was a year or two out of high school by then. This movie came out, what... 1985, was it?

Good job of scoping out the coins and ID-ing the source design. I wouldn't have been able to do it, based on what we see in these screenshots. I would have assumed they were the "Spanish 8-escudo cob" type replicas one finds in Florida tourist shops and anywhere there's a pirate theme going on.