The 1951 film "Santa Fe" features some coins and bills on a gambling house table. It is 1865, the American Civil War is over, and Randolph Scott and his three brothers are ex-Confederate soldiers who head West. Randy gets a position as a construction manager on the Santa Fe Railroad while his brothers become outlaws. At one point Randy meets his brothers at a moving gambling establishment which has been following the railroad. The prop coins shown include one with a spread eagle on it.

Randy and his brothers get into a bar fight with some ex-Union soldiers. Guns are drawn and one of the soldiers is killed.

The brothers join the Santa Fe railroad construction crew. The railroad requires a "loyalty oath" to the Union, Randy takes the oath but his three brothers refuse, leave the crew, and become outlaws. Randy, because he was an ex-officer, is hired as a manager.

Janis is the widow of a Union officer who was killed during the war. She doesn't like working with ex-Confederates. Gangsters have constructed a moving gambling house to exploit the railroad workers. Randy visits the place and finds his brothers there playing cards.

There is money on the table.

The insert image is from another scene showing a coin with an eagle on it. The prop coins include one variety with a spread eagle on a branch. A similar eagle prop coin appears in the 1945 film "Yolanda and the Thief." At the railroad office two train engineers are playing cards for money.

The colorful bills are Mexican Revolution motion picture stage or prop bills copied from notes of the states of Sonora and Sinaloa. For more information on these bills please visit: Mexican Revolution Currency Notes.

The outlaw brothers hear about a railroad payroll being stored at an office and rob the place.

Randy heads out to the house where his brothers (and one brother's wife) are staying. One brother has been shot during the holdup and dies.

Randy tries to convince his brothers to turn themselves in to the law but fails. The brothers are now part of a larger gang whose leader will not allow them to quit. They pull another robbery and escape on a train, followed by Randy and railroad police.

After gunfights and fights, the brothers and other outlaws are killed or arrested. Later the railroad construction to Santa Fe is finished.

Janis no longer hates Confederates and joins Randy.

Randolph Scott as Britt Canfield
Janis Carter as Judith Chandler
John Archer as Clint Canfield
Allene Roberts as Ella Sue Canfield
Director: Irving Pichel
Writers: Kenneth Gamet, James Marshall, Louis Stevens