How to get full value for your coins with Glynis Johns

In the 1954 British film "Mad About Men", Glynis plays Miranda,
a mermaid who has some Spanish gold doubloons and needs cash.

She is accompanied by Margaret Rutherford as a nurse and they
head for a pawn shop.

Entering a full-service pawn shop:



Making friends with the pawn broker:



Picking up the cash:



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I'll bet that pawn shop went out of business 60 years ago.

Chris

 

I checked your website & it lists several neat coin related TV and movie links. There was an I Love Lucy episode where Ethel & Lucy roll search & find a rare cent. They subsequently loose the coin which causes Lucy to cry. It might be fun to find & watch that show again. I didn't see it on your list of TV shows.

 

The original Dennis the Menace show had an episode with Mr. Wilson losing a valuable penny.