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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 168364, member: 4910&quot;]Coins in an old movie - The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to DVD technology, it is now possible to &quot;freeze&quot; frames on an old movie.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two pictures are from the 1941 RKO film &quot;The Devil and Daniel Webster&quot;, also known as &quot;All That Money can Buy&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story starts in 1830 when poor Jabez Stone (James Craig) sells his soul to the Devil (Walter Huston) for riches.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the beginning of the film Jabez says &quot;I&#039;d sell my soul to the Devil for two cents&quot; and finds two coins in his hand which look like US large cents.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://home.earthlink.net/~brianrxm/posts/devildan_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Much is made in the film about Jabez and his neigbors being Americans and &quot;good New Hampshire men&quot;.</p><p>However, the left &quot;cent&quot; appears to be a Canadian 1858-59 large cent and the right appears to be a British 1838-59 half penny.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Devil then appears, they complete the bargain, and the Devil reveals a cache of &quot;Hessian Gold&quot; coins to Stone.</p><p><img src="http://home.earthlink.net/~brianrxm/posts/devildan_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The coins appear to be imitation Roman &quot;SC&quot; or Greek curly head coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>One wonders how Hessians (German mercenaries) acquired ancient Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, if you can&#039;t see the pictures, that means that:</p><p><b>Your computer is possessed and needs an exorcism</b></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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