The 1985 film "The Goonies" is a about a group of pre-teen boys who live in the fictional "Goon Docks" area of Astoria, Oregon and have formed a club called "The Goonies." The boys, accompanied by one boy's older brother and two teenage girls, find a pirate treasure map and decide to hunt for the treasure in order to use the money to stop their homes from being foreclosed and demolished to build a golf course. They are followed by three local criminals who also want the treasure. The film is a comedy with some fantasy elements. One boy has a doubloon portrayed by a large prop coin, later the boys encounter a hoard of real United States cents, and still later gold doubloon coins portrayed by more realistic prop coins.

The setting of the film is Astoria, Oregon which is a port near the Pacific Ocean. The film opens with a large house where two boys live with their parents.

The house is used as a meeting place by "the Goonies" named after the fictional neighborhood "the Goon Docks" where the boys live.

"The Goonies" are the four boys Chunk Cohen, Mouth Devereaux, Mikey Walsh, and Data Wang. Brand is Mikey's older brother. The boys head for the attic and where a lot of old stuff is stored and they find a book on pirates.

One of the lads then finds an old map.

The map is a treasure map left by a 17th century pirate named "One-Eyed Willy" whose ship the Inferno disappeared in the area many years ago.

The left side of the map has a drawing of the reverse of a coin of England's Elizabeth I (1558-1603).

A coin of England's Elizabeth I:

Silver, 27 mm 2.75 gm
Obverse:
Crowned Elizabeth facing left with a rose behind her head
ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA followed by a arrow mintmark
(Elizabeth by the Grace of God, England, France and Ireland, Queen)
Reverse:
Shield with arms (English lions and French fleurs-de-lis) and long cross
POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV (I have made God my Helper)
Struck: London Tower Mint

The lads also find an old newspaper from the 1930's.

The headline reads "F. D. R. Promotes New Deal." There is an article about a local man, Charles Copperpot, who disappeared at the time while hunting for One-Eyed Willy's treasure. Mikey also finds something else.

The coin will make a closer appearance soon. Astoria is on the coast and some coastal rocks appear.

The rocks have a significance.

Using the coin, a boy sees that the holes in the coin line up with the rocks.

The coin shown here appears similar to the drawing on the map and also appears to imitate the reverse of a coin of England's Queen Elizabeth I. The map shows that the treasure is located below an abandoned restaurant.

Three local criminals, Mama Fratelli and her sons Jake and Francis, are living in the restaurant and are using the place to make counterfeit money. The boys enter the building and are found by the Fratellis.

The Fratellis let the boys go but they do not leave the building. Data finds their printing press and a sample of their work.

These bills do not resemble actual United States currency at all. The Fratellis capture Chunk and question him and he tells them about the treasure. They leave to look for the treasure and Chunk and the third Fratelli brother Sloth also leave and follow the Fratellis.

The three boys, Mikey, Mouth, and Data, now accompanied by Brand Walsh, his girlfriend Andy Carmichael, and her friend Stef Steinbrenner, begin descending into the rocks below the restarurant. They know that One-Eyed Willy men constructed booby traps to deter people from searching for his treasure. The boys find a wallet belonging to the lost Chester Copperpot.

They also find what is left of Chester who triggered one of Willy's bobby traps.

Descending deeper and avoiding booby traps, the six continue down following water pipes and water courses.

The lads find a hoard of coins.

Most of the coins are mostly new United States cents or "pennies." One boy points out that they are under a wishing well near the restaurant. They leave the coins and continue down finding more.

The boys start to explore Willy's ship and start finding skeletons of Willy's crew and other things. Mikey finds One-Eyed Willy.

The ship office is also a treasure room.

A set of scales holds a pile of gold doubloons.

These appear to be doubloon prop coins used in many films. The Fratellis then arrive.

The Fratellis capture the group and extract the treasure from them.

Chunk and Sloth Fratelli also arrive and a fight ensues. The Goonies are ordered into the water.

The Fratellis trigger a booby trap which sets things moving.

The Goonies next appear on the beach.

Their families and the police have been searching for them and there are many happy reunions.

One boy finds a bag of jewels that the Fratellis missed.

The jewels are valuable enough to pay off the house foreclosure. The Inferno then appears.

The ship sails off into the sunset.

Sean Astin as Mikey Walsh
Josh Brolin as Brand Walsh
Jeff Cohen as Chunk Cohen
Corey Feldman as Mouth Devereaux
Jonathan Ke Huy Quan as Data Wang
Kerri Green as Andy Carmichael
Martha Plimpton as Stef Steinbrenner
Anne Ramsey as Mama Fratelli
Robert Davi as Jake Fratelli
Joe Pantoliano as Francis Fratelli
Director: Richard Donner
Writers: Chris Columbus, Steven Spielberg