Blatant Numismatic Errors In TV And Movies - Page 4

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rking007 Pillar of the Community United States 784 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 8:05 pm Okay I have one and will provide some pics here soon. Getting Even With Dad (1994) - Ted Danson and McCaully Culkin. The whole film is about a rare coin heist and it's not very good. But, in the intro of the film they explain where the coins come from and they show all these shots of a $20 gold coin, apparently a grading type company grading and labeling these coins and then a picture of the printout of the dates and condition of the coin. Like I said, I'll post a few screen shots in a few days and we can pick apart the errors. Edit as I'm watching it right now: - the 'grading type' company I mentioned is none other than PCGS! Except their grading room looks like a 1980's downtown police precinct. :) Edited by rking007 10/11/2013 8:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
rking007 Pillar of the Community United States 784 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 12:02 pm Took me a week but I finally had the time to put these up. So, the movie starts out with a montage of these rare coins. The first shot is of a $20 gold coin and the next cut is of this first picture. The hand sliding the $20 gold coin into a flip... Wait, that's not a flip for a $20 gold coin... Next, we have a shot of the main floor of PCGS looking just like a police precinct. I half expected Riggs and Murtaugh to come in and get chewed out by the captain... but that didn't happen. Here are two shots of an official looking printout that encompasses the scope of this 'rare' collection. If this were true, I'm sure more than half of you would be millionaires... Pretty sure this is the $20 the movie started with nicely encapsulated. Hey, I think they got this one right! Didn't check the cert number though. This is apparently the outside of PCGS. In the movie, they rob the place and use this construction slide as a comical escape (Spoiler Alert... it's not too funny) Last shot, another slabbed coin. This one sitting with about fifty other slabs in a strong box. Looks like they got this one right too. Enjoy! Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 12:59 pm Quote: If this were true, I'm sure more than half of you would be millionaires... Ha, yeah, just a quick glance tells me just my Morgan collection alone is worth about $10,000,000.00. Report this Post to the Staff
solotime Pillar of the Community United States 2311 Posts	Posted 10/24/2013 8:30 pm Wear on a MS-64? Report this Post to the Staff
rking007 Pillar of the Community United States 784 Posts	Posted 10/24/2013 11:33 pm I like the 1941 MS-62 Walking Liberty for $75,000... Report this Post to the Staff
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