Coins in an old movie - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Coins in an old movie - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Thanks to DVD technology, it is now possible to "freeze" frames on an old movie.

These two pictures are from the 1948 Warner Brothers film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" which is about three Americans who go prospecting for gold in 1925 in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains.

Early in the film, Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) is panhandling with the line
"Say, mister. Will you stake a fellow American to a meal?"

An American wearing a white suit gives him a silver peso which is shown below in Bogart's hand.





It is hard to make out the date of the coin, they were made from 1920 to 1945.
Since the film is set in early 1925 and the coin looks new, it would probably be dated 1924.

It looks like a Mexico peso Krause Coins of the World catalog number KM 455, 33mm diameter, 0.720 silver.
Here is what the coin looks like.



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What a great idea. I wonder how many "film blunders" can be found with the wrong coins?