This episode of the television program "Foyle's War" shows various collector coins. "Foyle's War" was a one-hour television program which ran on the British Independent Television (ITV) network from 2002 to 2015. Episodes were then shown on the United States Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Network. Christopher Foyle is a middle-aged police detective in Hastings, Britain during World War II. He is assisted by Paul Milner, a younger policeman and by Samantha Stewart, a uniformed driver. This episode is titled "Fifty Ships" and was first broadcast on November 16, 2003. Foyle works on various cases, one involves looting from bombed buildings. This is the segment with coins and a discussion of old collector coins. He also tracks down a German spy and a murder involving a visiting American businessman.

This episode is set in September 1940 when Britain and Germany were at war and Germans have been dropping bombs all over Britain. Samantha has been living in a country house.

The house is hit by a bomb during the night. Some men from the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) search the house. One of the AFS men is looking for loot.

The looter opens the box and finds old coins.

A silver coin with Queen Victoria on it, probably a florin or two shilling coin is prominent. Policeman Milner posts a sign warning looters that they might be executed.

Foyle comes out to see how Samantha is doing.

Samantha works for Foyle as a driver and helps out in general. She is wearing the uniform of the Mechanised Transport Corps, a women's organization whose members drove cars and trucks.

Samantha introduces Foyle to Mrs. Harrison, her landlord. Mrs. Harrison tells Foyle that some valuable coins which belonged to her late husband Jack are missing. "There were coins in there that dated back to the Normans" "Jack always said it would be a nice nest egg for me." There has been looting at other places where an AFS detachment run by a man named Jamieson has been, and his group becomes a suspect. At Jamieson's warehouse:

The crooks are alone and one man is playing with a gold coin.

The man then reads the coin inscription "EDWARD I V - Who's that." Edward IV was king of England from 1461 to 1483 except for a brief period in 1470 to 1471. He had several types of gold coins made of various sizes. They have names like "Angels", "Nobles", "Ryals", and some are quite valuable to collectors.

Jamieson replies "Edward the Fourth, you idiot." Foyle and some policemen head out to Jamieson's warehouse to question him and search the warehouse.

Jamieson angrily denies stealing anything. The police search the warehouse and find nothing. Foyle and his crew work on his other cases and later he has an idea about Jamieson's place. The only items missing from houses are items which are safe in water. The police return to the warehouse for another search.

The goods are found in a water tank and a policeman dumps them out.

A Queen Victoria silver coin and another silver coin appear among the loot. Jamieson is taken to the police station for interrogation. Foyle warns him that he might be executed for looting and he confesses.

Foyle then deals with his other cases, the German spy and the murder.

Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks as Samantha Stewart
Anthony Howell as Paul Milner
Director: Giles Foster
Writers: Anthony Horowitz