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In the movie Tombstone.....
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In one of the opening scenes, Doc Holiday is playing poker with Ed Baily. The camera pans the table and there is a silver dollar sized coin that appears to have a reverse similar to that of a Washington quarter. Has anyone ever paused the movie to see if they can figure out what kind of coin that is? The gunfight happened in 1882 for the sake of accuracy, why wouldn't they just have used Morgan dollars?
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Im going to assume you are talking about the 01:17 part of this clip? Hard to tell
I think it's Faro they're playing in the video clip. It was by far the most popular gambling game in the old west, but TV and movies have people believing that poker was the game of choice. Poker didn't "take over" until the early 1900s according to the experts.
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That was a classic example (although only acting) of what today is termed 'de-escalation' of a potentially dangerous situation. Usually not that simple in real life, especially since many situations are with EDP's.... Cheers, RickO
Morgan?
Lance.
Great scene, great movie.....
One of the Earp brothers was named Morgan.
A little off topic: When I was in high school I had a job washing pots and pans at the local hospital. A woman who also worked in the kitchen had the last name of Earp. Turned out that her grandpa? was one of the Earp brothers at the O.K. Corral. Wyatt Earp was her great uncle. She was a very interesting lady. When we were doing the dishes we would sing old time Western songs. She played the guitar as do I. So.....we would get together at her place to do some pickin'. Well, one time she brought out some old family stuff. There was a guitar pick that she said belonged to Wyatt. She offered to give it to me but I declined. But......she also showed me a pistol that she said was at the O.K. Corral fight. I had no reason to doubt her. Holding that gun was a thrill I'll never forget. Interesting woman. An old maid. Never married.... Long ago.
That's the coin doc was flipping through his fingers. There is a coin laying on the table in that same scene. But I do agree, that coin looks like a Morgan.
No, that's the scene after the play they all attend and they all go to the saloon. The scene I'm talking about is in the first 5 minutes of the movie before the Earps and Holiday made it to Tombstone.
This is the scene I'm talking about. You can see the coin when Doc Holiday lays his guns on the table.
Huh. Not sure. Eagle looks to the right. Don't see reeding. Maybe some Hollywood props?
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The coin to the left of it appears to have a date of 1877. I think you're right, Hollywood props. They should've just used Morgans.
The big coin top right looks like the Rev. of a Washington Quarter!
Play money, no doubt......
A few weeks ago, the hobo in front of me at the gas station, tried to use a "Motion Picture Association" hundred dollar bill to pay for his stuff. Of course, the clerk caught it immediately. I told him that he's fortunate that they didn't call the police........
I couldn't make heads or tails of the coin but enjoyed that scene.