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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeffjay, post: 25858641, member: 108581&quot;]<font size="6"><b>As seen on TV: &#039;Rockford Files&#039; episode shot in real California coin store</b></font></p><ol> <li><br /> &nbsp;</li> </ol><p><img src="https://www.coinworld.com/images/default-source/news/rockfordfiles1.tmb-slide-1900.jpg?Culture=en&amp;sfvrsn=cca73d1f_0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This is the exterior of American Coin Co., a real store that was used as a shooting location in the 1976 episode of The Rockford <b><i>The Rockford Files</i>, Sept. 24, 1976</b></p><p><br /></p><p>An unseen 1838-O Seated Liberty half dollar played a key part in <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071042/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071042/" rel="nofollow">The Rockford Files</a></i> show&nbsp; <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0688067/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0688067/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="nofollow">The Fourth Man</a></i> (season 3, episode 2). Interestingly, much of the show was shot in a real coin store - American Coin Co., 12164 N. Ventra Blvd., Studio City, Calif.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the story, coin dealer Timson Farrell, played by actor John McMartin, is a hit man who uses his coin shop as a cover for his life of crime. His latest job is to eliminate four gangsters who were going to appear before a U.S. Senate subcommittee investigating organized crime.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always really liked The Rockford files but particularly like this one as a coin collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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