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dan1ecu
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If you had to make a movie that pertained to coin collecting, what or who would you pick as the subject?
Maybe Elaisberg, or Pittman, or the beginning of third party grading services, or a particular grading service, or a particular dealer, or even a particular coin would make an interesting subject for a movie?
What do you think?
Dan
Maybe Elaisberg, or Pittman, or the beginning of third party grading services, or a particular grading service, or a particular dealer, or even a particular coin would make an interesting subject for a movie?
What do you think?
Dan
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<< <i>Jay Parrino getting nailed [along with Fenton] by the Feds as they do the transaction on the 1933 $20. >>
I think the whole story of the 1933 $20, from minting until its $7+ million sale, would make a fascinating movie. The 1933 $20 is the ultimate MacGuffin.
the midnight minters of the late 1850's to 1868 and all their political intrege and the dealers involved in getting choice delikitecelies made in exchange for $$$$
Yeah, you could get Gary Oldman or William Dafoe to play Charles Barber! Mwahhahaha!
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<< <i>setting up the new mint and all the political intrege but it has to involve strumpets
the midnight minters of the late 1850's to 1868 and all their political intrege and the dealers involved in getting choice delikitecelies made in exchange for $$$$ >>
Yes--any film must have strumpets! I also like the 1933 $20 idea--after reading the book, I'm certain it would make a good film--the part where King Farouk buys and owns it would be a good part of the screen play to add strumpets.
Edit: This board needs spellcheck--I hate reading my post and finding an error or six!
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Nah, no one would believe it.
Joe
Elections, seminars, what really happens during on-site grading, dealer table "antics", auctions, dealer to dealer transactions, confrontations, cherrypicking, etc. We could even have someone play Stewart asking strange questions at the registry luncheon.
You could have a guy walk in with $100, buy a coin worth $250, then flip THAT for a $500 coin, and then Flip THAT ..... Guy walks out with $5000 profit at the same time the first dealer realizes it was a fake $100 bill.
Only in Hollywood.
Joe
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There are quite a few coin stories that could be turned into movies that I'd watch, but I'm sure none would be profitable to make.
Except maybe the Binon story, since it has the required elements of money, sex, drugs and murder mystery.
Perhaps somebody could turn the CU Forum into a sitcom?
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You would need someone of similar character and attitude to play the lead.
I'm thinking Leona Helmsley.
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How 'bout a recent college grad that moves to Denver to grade coins, takes pictures of someone else's Mustang, and gets lai.....
Nah, no one would believe it.
Joe
MAN OH MAN THAT WOULD MAKE A GREAT GAY MOVIE AND WOULD BE A HUGE HIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially if it starred a young slender twinkie pretty boi
I read the book.
would make a good movie,along the lines of "The Perfect Storm"
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Well, that certainly puts different slant on the term "Crack" out.
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<< <i>Is that K6AZ? >>
Nope, that's IraS.
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<< <i>Is that K6AZ? >>
Nope, that's IraS. >>
Thanks. The reason I asked was when you left click on the pic and then right click on "Properties" you see K6AZ in the adress. Just curious.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
We could show scenes from major auctions where several bidders insulted each other and got into fights over particular lots. The scenes with the midnight minters (ie the 1913 Liberty Nickels) could be revisited, along with the less than charming personality of Mr. Barber. The story about the minting of the first SLQs could also be covered.
We could also cover 'Coingate' and the various unsavory dealers who are still with us. Lastly, we could throw something in about a young guy who gets to be a grader at a TPG and something about his 14 year old girlfriend for a change of pace and scenery.
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Perhaps in part, my life story.
(1) Waiting on line at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1966 at the age of 13 to redeem my numerous silver $1 certificates for Morgan silver dollars until I had to p** and then decide whether to do so in public or in private and risk losing my place in line. Fortunately there was another alternative.
(2) Causing a bank riot in New York City and the calling in of over 30 policemen to stop the bank robbery that never ocurred simply because I loudly whispered to the bank teller that I found 7 1972 doubled die cents and then one other teller started to get excited and screamed "he found double die cents???" causing all the customers to scurry about and the head teller thinking a robbery was in place called in the police.
(3) Dropping the two of the more valuable Trompeter Proof Gold coins on the floor at Heritage viewing room at one of the FUN shows. Fortunaletly the coins were slabbed and the floor carpeted.
(4) Looking over a 1932-D quarter in the 1960's while still a teen and noticing that the D mint mark fell off the quarter and scrambling to look for the D mint mark on the floor and apologizing to the dealer that the D mint mark fell onto the floor!!!!!
(5) Bringing coffee to an old time dealer back in the 1970's in those old paper cups and then verifying which coffee was whose and when I opened the lid the cup spilled coffee all over the dealer display.
I was thinking of an old time actor who was funny in his day, (Woody Allen) as the archtypeal collector but he is no longer respected by most. I was thinking of Wil Smithas a more contemporary actor. A great talent.
Boogie Nights II.
cave which had lain undisturbed for several hundred years before being found in the
1920's? This was reported in National Geogrphic and has never been satisfactorily
explained so far as I know. It could have aliens or better yet maybe some time tra-
veling coin collectors.