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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 23373392, member: 4910&quot;]&quot;Hot Millions&quot; is a 1968 British crime caper comedy. Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov) is released from prison, passes himself off as a computer expert named Caesar Smith, is hired by the London office of a large American company, and uses computers to send company checks to fictitious businesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early in the film Marcus reads a newspaper article mentioning computers.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_hotmillions_news.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Newspaper article from the film</p><p><br /></p><p>A newspaper page with two articles appears. One article is titled &quot;A Computer Magnate Lord Chivas Austin to Bermuda today&quot; and the other article is titled &quot;Seven-sided c[oins] replace 10s n[otes]&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Lord Chivas Austin article is fictional but the second article about the coins is real.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first part of the text of the coins article:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The first seven-sided coin in the world will go into circulation in Britain in October, 1969 to replace the 10s [shillings] note. Its denomination will be 50 new pence. Made of cupro nickel, this &quot;silver&quot; coin will have a diameter of 30 millimetres and weigh 13 1/2 grams, putting it about midway in size and weight between a 2s [two shilling] piece and a half-crown [2-1/2 shillings].</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Mr. H. G. Conway, a director of Rolls-Royce and a member of the Decimal Currency Board, put forward the idea of using this shape which is called an &quot;equilateral curve heptagon.&quot; It has a constant diameter and will roll, making it suitable for coin-operated machines.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The 50 new pence coins were eventually minted from 1969 to 1981 to the specifications in the article.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_pence50_1981.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Britain 50 New Pence 1981</p><p>Copper-nickel, 30.0 mm, 13.5 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also Italian coins in the film, &quot;some with birds and some with trees on &#039;em&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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