"Young Indiana Jones" was a one-hour television program which ran on the ABC television network from 1992 to 1996. Some were not released at the time but were released on DVDs later in 2007. The program was also shown with the titles: "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones" "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" The program was produced by Amblin Entertainment, Lucasfilm, and Paramount Television. All of the programs were later packaged and edited for DVD release. The program was inspired by the character from the three "Indiana Jones" films released from 1981 to 1989 which starred Harrison Ford as the 1930's archaeologist and adventurer. These films were: "Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)" "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)" "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)" The television episodes covered the period roughly from 1908 to 1920. Some of the episodes show mostly early 1900's US and foreign coins. The DVD cover features American, British, and French coins.

This episode is titled "Daredevils of the Desert" and was first broadcast on October 3, 1999. This episode is set in Palestine in 1917. An Ottoman Turkish Egyptian coin and some dancer coins appear.

A Frenchman gives him a coin as a recognition sign. The coin is an Ottoman Turkish coin issued for Egypt, 40 para, dated around AD 1871.

A worn example of the actual coin:

The coin obverse has a Toughra or Sultan's ornate signature, and the denomination under it, "40" in Arabic numbers. The coin reverse has Arabic writing "Misr" for Egypt with the date below. The coin year is AH (Moslem) 1277 or around AD 1861 which is the year the Ottoman Turkish Sultan Abdul Aziz took office. The coin's regnal year (year on the throne) is at the top of the reverse, in this case "10" which dates the coin to AH 1286 (around AD 1869).
The coin is a large copper coin, around 38 mm, about the size of a United States silver dollar.

Our hero and a British Army officer escort a dancer into the city:

She is wearing thin imitation Arabic coins, usually made of brass.

Cast, Directors, Writers:

Sean Patrick Flanery as Indiana Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones as Maya
Douglas Henshall as T.E. Lawrence
Haluk Bilginer as Col. Ismet Bey
Daniel Craig as Schiller
Director: Simon Wincer
Writers: Frank Darabont