Castle

Flash

Last night I watched the most recent episode of the T.V. show "Castle". The plot of the story involved a hidden cache of 1792 half Dismes. They showed one close up, and of course it was a replica, but whoever made them actually did a pretty decent job.

kimber45ACP

Did they refer to them as half diz-me or half dime?
HSN dude called them diz-me the other day.

lusterlover

I met the cast when I was in Hollywood this summer. Stana Katic - hubba hubba...

Flash

<< <i>Did they refer to them as half diz-me or half dime?
HSN dude called them diz-me the other day. >>


They pronounced it "half dime", but the closeup was clearly of the half disme design.

CoinRaritiesOnline

They did a creditable job IMO - certainly better than how a lot of TV shows have handled other numismatic topics.

Eagleguy

I liked how they mentioned that one sold at auction for $1.5 million and naturally assumed that each coin found was going to be worth the same amount in spite of adding a thousand or so more to the population.

JH

ricko

disme [dahym]
noun
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
Origin:
earlier or archaized spelling of dime

Cheers, RickO

ColonelJessup

My info is that disme is a corruption of dixieme meaning one-tenth, and is pronounced "deem". I've also read that its etymological root is from a word in Dutch

My guess is that "controversy" ever will there be.

AuroraBorealis

Saw that show... Imagine a pot full of Dismes...

AB

LanceNewmanOCC

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ahh, it warms my heart to know there are those out there that know that while speculative, at least it isn't pronounced diz-me.
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blu62vette

Met the dad of the daughter on the show at the Dallas ANA, like the show.

PerryHall

Great show. Castle even explained that Martha Washington donated her silver service to make these coins. Sounds like a myth to me though.

rec78

<< <i>My info is that disme is a corruption of dixieme meaning one-tenth, and is pronounced "deem". I've also read that its etymological root is from a word in Dutch

My guess is that "controversy" ever will there be. >>



I think that "dime" is actually a corruption of the word disme. They are both pronounced the same--The "s" was dropped because it is a silent letter. The pronunciation "diz-me" is incorrect.

Bob

Bodin

I was just on CASTLE! The week before the episode in the OP. Great people to work for.

Flash

<< <i>I was just on CASTLE! The week before the episode in the OP. Great people to work for. >>


Is that you in the picture?

blu62vette

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<< <i>I was just on CASTLE! The week before the episode in the OP. Great people to work for. >>


Is that you in the picture? >>



It sure looks like him!

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

My kid brother lives in Hollywood and a good friend of his is on that show, her name is Mya and she is a super-duper hottie! I mean she is so hot that my wife doesn't even mind me saying so because you would have to be either blind or an idiot to think otherwise

Erik

JohnHarper

Does anyone on the CU Forum have an inside connection with ABC? I would like to know how they acquired the copies, how many did they have, and what happened to them after taping the episode. My email question to ABC got a form-letter non-response.

Bodin

<< <i>Does anyone on the CU Forum have an inside connection with ABC? I would like to know how they acquired the copies, how many did they have, and what happened to them after taping the episode. My email question to ABC got a form-letter non-response. >>



Yes, that's me on the right.
I'll get in touch with someone from the show and try and find out.

PerryHall

<< <i>I liked how they mentioned that one sold at auction for $1.5 million and naturally assumed that each coin found was going to be worth the same amount in spite of adding a thousand or so more to the population.

JH >>


Good point. A very rare coin can become common over night when a large hoard is found. This happened with several Morgan dollar dates when the treasury released several million dollars from their vaults.