Barber dime sighting in 1918 Stan Laurel movie...

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  1. ewomack

    ewomack 魚の下着

    The 1918 short "Just Rambling Along" features a very young Stan Laurel who finds himself with a cafe tab that he can't pay. A woman sitting at his table had secretly swapped her considerably more expensive tab for his. Right after he looks at his tab in shock, the film cuts to a wavering, blurry and poorly shot closeup featuring the reverse of what looks like a Barber dime. It's not hard to imagine why the filmmakers chose the reverse of the Barber over the then recently released Mercury - the words "One Dime" show up pretty prominently, especially on the grainy film of the time, but Barbers were likely still circulating heavily in 1918 anyway. It's actually a funny little movie and available on YouTube for those of you looking for an old coin in an old movie experience.

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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    $1.25 sure was a lot back in 1918!
     
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  4. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    NCR.
    I would imagine that plenty of seated dimes were in circulation along with the Barbers. The Mercs had just been introduced.
    In the Twilight Zone episode when the quarter stands on edge in the newspaper box, you can see all kinds of coins in there Mercs, SLQ's etc. And that was only the early 60's.
     
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  5. Hoky77

    Hoky77 Well-Known Member

    This is a great piece of trivia, thanks for sharing.:)
     
  6. The Fonz

    The Fonz In God We Trust - All Others Pay Cash

    That's about $21 bucks today!
     
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  7. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

    I was watching "Gunsmoke" and in the pile of silver dollars was a Peace dollar.
     
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  8. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    ^^^ So an anachronism.
     
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  9. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    Thank you for the notice about the Stan Laurel film with the dime.

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    Gunsmoke - Trail of Bloodshed (1974) scene

    No peace dollars in this Gunsmoke episode!

    :)
     
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  10. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated Supporter

    Thanks for the trivia- I had to see it for myself...pretty cool.

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  11. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    I see a Walker and Merc in there. I do recall an SLQ. There were 2 scenes with the box of money. This is the early one.
    There are diff coins later when the quarter gets knocked down.
     
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  12. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

    Could have been a Seated dime as well - those were still in circulation and they had the same reverse as the Barber after 1860.
     
  13. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated Supporter

    You can also see a Franklin in there (which was still being minted when this episode came out). The episode was called "A Penny for Your Thoughts" and starred Dick York of Bewitched fame. While the quarter was on edge, he could read minds. When it fell over, he lost the ability but had dramatically changed his life as a result. Here's a couple other shots I found on the web.
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  14. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated Supporter

    So Festus was a time traveler who brought those St Gaudens back from the 20th century to 1870's Kansas?
     
  15. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Oooh, there's the SLQ, in the opener. I did notice the Franklin, but that was a modern coin when this episode aired.
     
  16. HoledandCreative

    HoledandCreative Well-Known Member

    I'll go see that Stan Laurel movie.

    Looks like a different quarter on edge?
     
  17. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    The nickel in front of the upright (on it's edge) quarter is a silver "war nickel".

    :)
     
  18. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated Supporter

    There's a buffalo nickel to the left of the upright quarter in the last picture as well.
     
  19. Bill H.

    Bill H. Active Member

    In the 1987 movie The Untouchables set during prohibition and starring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery, there is a scene where Elliott Ness, played by Costner, confronts Frank Nitti, played by Billy Drago.

    Nitti is in the gallery at the trial of Al Capone and Ness suspects he is armed. Ness and the bailiff escort him out and tell him to "empty his pockets". It's not real clear, but a Standing Liberty Quarter can be seen on the table in the courthouse. Later, Nitti is killed by Ness and he says one of my favorite lines in movies "He's in the car". You gotta see it.
     
  20. Doubled Eye

    Doubled Eye Member

    In the first “Fantastic Beasts” movie that came out a few years ago, a Barber dime takes a slow-motion trip down the steps of a bank building. I did not catch the date of the dime, but the movie is set in 1926 or ‘27.
     
  21. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Neat time-capsule trivia. Thanks.
     
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