Hey Cointalk, I know this is a bit of a long shot but I was wondering if there are any movies just about US coins or at least non-related movies that include alot of scenes of US coins. I'll appreciate any help, thanks.
The movie from the '60s 'Who's Minding The Mint?' comes to mind but I don't recall individual coins playing a prominent role.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was about a chest of gold coins-CSA payroll. I remember a Rockford files episode that involved two dimes, I believe they were Seateds. And a Mission Impossible episode that involved a coin/stamp collector who was the villian.
There was a Buttercream Gang movie about a coin..... hold on. Here it is! http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Treasure-Mountain-Brandon-Blaser/dp/B0001UOD66/ref=pd_sim_sbs_mov_2
In the movie Dear John, the main character's autistic father was an avid coin collector and that plays an important part of the movie and the first coin they found which was a mule.
In the movie J. Edgar, by Clint Eastwood, a banknote has an important role (and this is not fiction, but true story). The notes, that were used to pay the ransom of Baby Lindbergh, were Gold Certificates, and Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) is surprised to see them, because he thought they were out of legal tender. We are in 1932, and Gold Certificates will become "outlaws" only two years later, with the enactment of the Gold Reserve Act, but apparently he already saw a few in circulation, so as to suggest that they are no longer valid. One of these notes, $ 20, appropriately marked to be recognized, will discover the kidnapper, who had spent at a gas station, and the gas station man, maybe suspicious of the unusual note, and/or of the fact that it was used to pay the ridiculous amount of 89 cents, had written on the note the license plate number of the car of the man who gave it, the kidnapper of Baby Lindbergh, that thanks to this will be identified and arrested. petronius
I think I found the Mission Impossible episode. http://www.answers.com/topic/mission-impossible-chico-tv-episode It's on youtube in five ten minute parts. TV commericals have come long way since 1970.
haha i forgot all about the buttercream gang movies. and there was the ted danson movie "getting even with dad" which was about him stealing a lot of gold coins
Chain of Fools "Salma Hayek plays an avid detective assigned to the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber. "
Trouble with Trillions. The funniest part was when Homer tried to use the trillion dollar note in a Coke machine. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Trillions
Has anyone seen the Maculy Caulkin /Ted Danson movie called "Getting Even With Dad " ? It was all about PGCS certified coins I believe.
