The 1950 film "Atom Man vs. Superman" shows a "Magic Coin" used to teleport people. The coin is a dollar-sized Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company President Monroe motion picture prop coin. This serial film had 15 chapters, each about 15 minutes long, and was released in July of 1950. It was based on the popular Action Comics character Superman and followed the 1948 serial "Superman." Superman came from the destroyed planet Krypton to Earth. He has super powers, including being able to fly, super strength, and x-ray vision. He has a cover identity as Clark Kent, who works as a newspaper reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper in the city of Metropolis, U.S.A. His co-workers are Lois Lane, an experienced woman reporter and Jimmy Olson, a "cub" or new reporter. Their boss is the newspaper's editor Perry White. Lothor is a super-villain, who "could have been the world's greatest scientist" if he hadn't turned to crime. Lothor has his headquarters in a cave and has several middle-aged men working for him. He has many inventions, including a teleportation device which moves people to and from his cave, several types of ray guns including a heat ray, a thermal gun, a sonic vibrator ray, an Atomic Reduction Ray, a flying saucer, and a rocket. Later on a Directional Cyclotron is added. Superman becomes weak and ill in the presence of the rare element Kryptonite and Luthor plans to use this weakness to destroy Superman. Lothor also has an alternate identity, "Atom Man", who always wears a mask. This film has plenty of action with continual captures and rescues of the players.

Each chapter has a title card.

The title one refers to the previous 1948 serial "Superman." In the office of the Daily Planet newspaper are the main players.

Perry has a police radio which also receives broadcasts from Lothor.

Lothor issues threats against Metropolis and warns the police and Superman to stop looking for him.

Superman appears. The police arrest some robbers.

One pulls out a coin which causes the robbers to disappear. It is called a "Magic Coin" or "Activated Coin" and activates Lothor's Matter Transmission Machine which teleports people to and from his headquarters.

The coin is a Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company President Monroe prop coin. Only the obverse side of the coin is shown.

White metal, 38 mm, 20.68 gm
Obverse: President James Monroe facing half left, no text
Reverse: Bird of Paradise and man kneeling in temple surrounded by eight-pointed star, no text

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Atom Man finally appears in Lothor's cave hideout.

A "Magic Coin" is brought to the Daily Planet offices.

Lothor now owns a television station and is claiming to no longer commit crimes. Lois manages to fall into the hands of the crooks and is rescued.

The flying sequences in this film were done using animation.

He finds that it is mostly silver with some copper and a mystery element.

It transports her to Atom Man's hideout.

Lothor's men have stolen some Plutonium which is needed to make synthetic Kryptonite.

Superman is lured to Lothor's hideout and given Kryptonite.

Lothor puts the reduced Superman into his transporter machine.

Luthor sends Superman to the "Empty Doom" which is something like the Fourth Dimension. Superman becomes like a ghost and Lois wonders why Clark Kent is also missing.

Lothor has a television set.

Superman finds the cave and slugs Atom Man, knocking off his head.

This Atom Man is apparently a robot. Lois has quit the Daily Planet and gone to work for Lothor's television station as a news announcer.

Another one of Lothor's inventions, a security camera.

Lothor gets out his Flying Saucer.

One of Lothar's man has an old-fashioned weapon handy.

The rifle appears to be a Winchester Model 1894. After issuing more threats, Lothar launches a rocket towards Metropolis which is intercepted.

Superman steers the rocket into the ocean.

It is "from an admirer."

Lois is transported to Lothar's cave, where he takes her onto his rocket.

Lothar picks up an uninvited passenger.

Lothar is taken in hand and he and Lois are flown back to Earth.

Lois still wonders if Superman and Clark Kent are related.

Kirk Alyn as Superman / Clark Kent
Noel Neill as Lois Lane
Tommy Bond as Jimmy Olsen
Lyle Talbot as Luthor / Atom Man
Director: Spencer Bennet
Writers: George H. Plympton, Joseph F. Poland, David Mathews