Our Favorite Coins On TV Shows/Movies We Grew Up With

I just watched the Roy Rogers program.
Pretty interesting story, mentions the 1933 order to turn in gold coins.

The counterfeit $20 coins in the story were minted in 1870 or around then.
Platinum in 1880 was around $5 / ounce (can't find 1870 value).

 

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How in the heck did I forget about this one? I was in this musical in high school!

 

A show I never heard of called LARAMIE (since learned it was on NBC from 1959-63) has an episode airing tomorrow on the STARZ Western Channel (STZWS) entitled "Double Eagles" with a snyopsis of: "Outlaws who rob and then kill a wealthy rancher find their escape is slowed when their booty -- weighty gold coins -- becomes difficult to transport."

Dummies...shoulda stolen Gold Certificates !!

Anyway, it airs tomorrow twice at 9 AM EST and again at 3:45 PM.

 

Well, I saw the "Double Eagles" issue of LARAMIE and it was pretty good. I was never really into Westerns as a kid -- more 1960's sitcoms -- but I can see why kids 5-10 years older than me would be into these shows. Interesting to see Robert Fuller (still alive !) starring on the show; I remember him in the early-1970's on EMERGENCY !

Anyway, the plot was that a group of bandits killed a guy and they forged his signature and then withdrew $25,000 at the local bank (who allows such a withdrawl based on a piece of paper ?). The bank didn't have enough paper, but the bank manager said they just got a shipment of Double Eagles (can't recall if he said from San Franciscio; the show is set in Wyoming) and if the thieves didn't mind, he'd give them coin.

The thieves then try and disrupt the posse going after them by dropping coins and hoping to turn the posse members against one another (it worked to an extent bu then fizzled).

I saw a goldish coin at one point but it could have been those chocolate pieces wrapped in gold foil. No close-up to see if it was actual or copies of Liberty Head Double Eagles (or Saints impersonating Liberty Heads).

Episode aired November 20, 1962 -- about 2 months after I was born.