Coins in Movies - A Dog's Purpose (2017), this time the use of a prop coin is justified

The 2017 Universal Pictures film "A Dog's Purpose", is a fantasy film about a dog who is reincarnated several times with different human owners.

In one episode he stays with an eight year old boy named Ethan and his parents.

Ethan's father owns a small but valuable coin collection and the dog swallows the most valuable coin, a "1907 St. Gaudens Golden Eagle".

The boy is able to retrieve the coin after it makes it's "journey" through the dog.


Film coin obverse and reverse

The coin is obviously a prop coin and it might be one of the gold-plated "tribute coins" sold in magazines.

The use of a prop coin is justified as what owner of a real 1907 St. Gaudens double eagle would allow his coin to be used this way?

 

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Oh cool write up I didn't watch the movie because my family said it was so bad they shut it off half way through, cool coin how much are those worth?

Thanks,
Jacob

 

Would it be too edgy to suggest they aren't even worth dog poop?

 

I loved that movie! That scene was quite funny.

 

The addition of Dog poop and gold plating does not bring this coin into a primium attributes category.
Sorry Kurt no CAC poop bean.

 

Yeah, not until CAC offers beans through the iPhone X, anyway.

 

Soon Kurt soon.

 

Animated poop emoji granting CAC green beans strikes me as poetically appropriate. It almost HAS TO happen. It BEGS to happen.

 

I’ll check YouTube real quick cause you know that YouTube is the ultimate authority on all things coin