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Just for those too young to remember them in circulation: in a Feb. 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, there is a close-up of a newspaper boy's cash box. In it are the obligatory Walking Lib Half, Merc Dime, and a well-worn Type 3 dateless Standing Liberty quarter. It would seem that the date wore-off in 35 or less years of everyday circulation... I remember buying slicks from the local Barber for face in 1967-9, so that's about right.  Edited by Oldgrouchyguy
04/07/2023 6:35 pm
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I remember this episode, the guy that flipped the quarter into the box was able to read minds for the day, Until he later knocked it over. (but al least he got the girl)  |
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Rod Serling was one of the great sy-fy minds of his time for sure I remember that episode it was a good one for sure
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My two brothers and I are all BIG Twilight Zone fans. Five years ago they both flew down to visit, and they met my new girlfriend for the first time (my late wife of 46 years passed away a year earlier). Somehow the Twilight Zone came up in conversation, and the three of us were floored when it turned out that she knew at least as much about Twilight Zone episodes as the three of us, if not more! One of my brothers, who was shocked, then said to me, "She's a keeper!"
We got engaged in March 2022, and getting married this July.
Steve
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Thanks for sharing this, Oldgrouchyguy. By the way, great user name - that's what my wife calls me fairly often... Twilight Zone was a favorite show of mine when I was a kid, though I suppose I watched it in reruns as I first remember seeing it around 1965. Rod Serling was incredible. I remember a later series he hosted (Night Gallery) which was also a big favorite, though I don't think it lasted too long. Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188Edited by hokiefan_82
04/08/2023 01:22 am
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Oh, and congrats on your upcoming wedding, Steve!
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The main character in this episode, Hector B. Poole, is played by Dick York--three years before he became Darrin Stephens on "Bewitched."
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Didn't he eventually suffer from debilitating back issues?
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Yes, physically he was a mess after an incident filming They Came to Cordura (1959). Trivia: Elizabeth Montgomery was also in an episode of Twilight Zone. I was too young for that kind of scary TV during its original run, so I must have watched the reruns.
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Trivia: Elizabeth Montgomery was also in an episode of Twilight Zone yes, she played a female soldier in the aftermath of a future war - she didn't speak English, but her 'enemy' (played by Charles Bronson) did speak English. so it was assumed that she would have been the 'Russians'. |
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That "Penny..." episode, and one in "The Patty Duke Show", where her mother mentions that she has 'some silver', and dips into her pocket book: the viewer has a brief look at a few Washington quarters. Those are the only two tv show episodes way back then that used genuine coins in the storyline, that I can remember. Federal paper currency couldn't be photographed for cinema or print without severe alterations. Edited by Oldgrouchyguy
04/09/2023 10:24 pm
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04/09/2023 10:41 pm
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I remember watching "The $100,000 Nickel" on that episode of Hawaii Five-O. Victor Buono was the guest star. (Because of it, though, I started to call Vincent D. Brenner "Victor D. Brenner," getting "Vincent" and "Victor" mixed up. My 14-year-old mind was still getting itself situated!)
The quarter used in the famous coin flip scene in "No Country for Old Men" is dated 1958.
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04/10/2023 1:02 pm
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The Elizabeth Montgomery episode of Twilight Zone is called "Two". It was the first episode of season three. There was a first season episode of Perry Mason (can't remember the name of it) where at the end Paul Drake flips a coin for some reason, It rolls under a desk or chair, they briefly show it and you can tell it's a Walking Liberty half dollar. |
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I remember watching this episode. My family never liked the show, I thought it was very entertaining.
Good eye on that SLQ!
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Rod Serling was one of my favorite people on tv way back when. I was born and raised in New York. Rod was born in Syracuse New York. Later he was raised in Binghamton, N.Y. about 30 miles from me. I went to college in Alfred N.Y. where I got to talk with him for about 30 minutes. He was skinny and chain smoked constantly. The best think I loved about this man was he talked the same way he did on Twilight Zone. Unbelievable vocabulary. What got me was he said he really didn't put much effort into the writing.Yeah right! I loved the program. I could not believe some of the things he said. Can't talk about it here, this is a family board. Sad he died 4 years after I saw him.
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