Coin Heist (2017) Netflix film about high school students breaking into the mint

I watched the Netflix film "Coin Heist" about a week ago and am debating whether to add it to my "Coins in Movies" website.

Most of the films on my website are old films, and I have no problem with discussing plots and film events, but "Coin Heist" was released on January 6, 2017, only two weeks ago.

The film was interesting although unrealistic.

Four Philadelphia area high school students, a musician, a socialite, a computer "hacker", and a machinist, break in to the Philadelphia Mint with a scheme to manufacture 2,000 error coins to sell them to raise funds for their school.

The coin they are going to manufacture is a fictional "Wildlife of America" Michigan State Quarter.


Prop coins

The prop coins were made for the film and appear to have the same design on both sides.

At one point the student computer hacker gets into the mint's computer and finds a list of future projects.


Mint project list

The projects include a Medal of Honor Medallion, Nixon Nickel, Wildlife of America Michigan State coin, Sitting Bull One Dollar Coin, and a Trump Wooden Nickel.

Interestingly enough, people here have speculated on what will follow the National Parks series of quarters.

 

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I haven't seen it myself, but I've read really bad reviews of it on the PCGS board. Someone involved with making the movie knows coins, though. The second screenshot you give showing the projects appears to drop names like Swiatek, Carr, and Margolis. Arnold Margolis is the author of The Error Coin Encyclopedia. I guess if nothing else, props for the Easter Eggs there.

 

There have been several threads here already on the movie, and Daniel Carr, one of our members, was contacted by the producers of the movie and made the coins for them that they used. They do have Washington's head on the other side like a normal quarter.

 

I could not find any other threads on CoinTalk for the film.

About the quarter displays in the film, which were of many more coins than the picture above, possibly someone was in charge of making sure the fish showed on all of them, a tedious job.

 

Here are a couple:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-themed-movie-coming-to-netflix.287688/

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-netflix-movie-coin-heist.289274/

 

I uploaded the film to my "Coins in Movies" website.

 

D. Carr referenced on his website (link on one of those threads) the quantity that he minted. It's near the bottom ==> http://www.moonlightmint.com/other.htm

 

What a god-awful movie. Lifeless acting, weak dialog, ridiculous, thin plot. It was painful to watch. But of course I did.
Lance.

 

I'd like to have a few examples of the quarters from the movie.

 

The movie was sooooo bad, and the coin shots so fleeting. But I still watched it.

 

I didn't see the movie so I don't know exactly how they broke into the Philly Mint, but it couldn't have been thru the front door. Those security guys there ain't going to let anyone pass thru that easily. The last time I was at the Mint gift shop I even had to shed my winter coat 'cause the metal zipper and snaps were picked up by their detector.

 

Give 'em credit for mixing numismatics into a feature film. My geekiness is showing. (Have not seen film)

Love to see a biographical on John Albanese!!! Numismatic orgasm!!!

 

Well, I did watch the movie and according to the film. everything needed to produce these coins occurs in a single room which looked more like a warehouse than any US Mint I've ever visited.