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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1807961, member: 4910&quot;]I haven&#039;t seen real United States gold coins on a television program before</p><p>(except for documentaries).</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a DVD with several episodes of the television program &quot;Gunsmoke&quot;</p><p>to watch one particular episode.</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.org/threads/lost-dutchman-coin-gunsmoke-television-episode-treasure-of-john-walking-fox-1966.237900" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/threads/lost-dutchman-coin-gunsmoke-television-episode-treasure-of-john-walking-fox-1966.237900" rel="nofollow">http://www.cointalk.org/threads/lost-dutchman-coin-gunsmoke-television-episode-treasure-of-john-walking-fox-1966.237900</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I then watched some of the others and found this one, which used real</p><p>United States gold double eagles as prop coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The episode was called &quot;Trail of Bloodshed&quot; and was first broadcast on March 4, 1974.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a story of revenge about a young man hunting his outlaw uncle who has</p><p>murdered his father for a cache of gold and silver coins.</p><p>The outlaw stops in a small town and loses the money in a poker game.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins in the episode probably came from somebody&#039;s collection,</p><p>and together would have been worth a few thousand dollars in 1974</p><p>when the price of gold was $150 to $200 an ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Gunsmoke&quot; episodes were set in the 1870&#039;s, and the coins are from that period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or are they?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_gunsmoke_trail_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Several Morgan-type silver dollars and St. Gaudens type double eagles.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_gunsmoke_trail_02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Several Morgan-type silver dollars and St. Gaudens type double eagles.</p><p>One of the silver dollars is dated 1885.</p><p><br /></p><p>More details on my website under &quot;Coins on Television&quot;.</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>

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