Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 3447846, member: 4910&quot;]President Monroe&#039;s image appeared on some dollar-size tokens at the same time, some mentioning the Monroe Doctrine, and these made appearances in films.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_presmonroe_birdparadise.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>President James Monroe Token - Bird of Paradise</p><p>Specs: White metal, 35mm, 9.28gm</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>President James Monroe facing half left, no text</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Bird of Paradise and man kneeling in temple surrounded by eight-pointed rounded star, no text</p><p>This token was supposedly made for film studio use.</p><p><br /></p><p>This token appeared in the following films:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_supermanatomman_tokenmonroe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_gundueldurango_tokenmonroe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gun Duel at Durango (1957)</p><p><br /></p><p>This token references the Monroe Doctrine Centennial and was produced by the Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company which, among other things, made film prop coins for studios.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_presmonroe_rubberstamp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>President James Monroe Token - Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company</p><p>Specs: Aluminum, 35mm, 3.87gm</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>President James Monroe facing half left</p><p>COMPLIMENTS OF / LOS ANGELES RUBBER STAMP CO.</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Los Angeles city emblem with flag, bear, eagle, castle, lion</p><p>MONROE DOCTRONE (sic) CENTENNIAL 1923 (The token misspells &quot;doctrine&quot;)</p><p>STADIUM, LOS ANGELES. CALIF.</p><p>CITY OF LOS ANGELES / FOUNDED 1781</p><p><br /></p><p>This token appeared in the following films:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_kim_tokenmonroe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Kim (1950)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in