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Kim (1950) |
British India rupees and President Monroe coins
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The 1950 film "Kim" shows some unusual prop coins substituting for British Indian rupees.
The film is based on Rudyard Kipling's novel about a young boy in 1880's British India who becomes a
government agent in the border area between India and Afghanistan.
The film stars Errol Flynn as Mahbub Ali the Red Beard and Dean Stockwell as Kim.
In one scene a local leader brings a chest of silver rupees and opens it.
1. Title
Kim is a young British boy living in late 1800's British India.
He has a friend "Red Beard."
2. Red Beard and Kim on horseback
A local leader brings a chest with some silver coins to pay associates.
3. Hassan Bey has a money chest
No, it is not him.
4. Hassan Bey brings the chest to pay a spy
5. The chest contains something else besides fruit
The coins are supposed to be British India rupees.
The coins are Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company President Monroe Motion Picture prop coins.
6. Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company - President Monroe and Monroe Doctrine Coin
Aluminum, 35 mm, 3.87 gm
Obverse:
President Monroe facing half left
COMPLIMENTS OF / LOS ANGELES RUBBER STAMP CO.
Reverse:
Los Angeles city emblem with flag, bear, eagle, castle, lion
MONROE DOCTRONE (sic) CENTENNIAL 1923
STADIUM, LOS ANGELES. CALIF.
CITY OF LOS ANGELES / FOUNDED 1781
The word "Doctrine" is misspelled "Doctrone" on the coin.
President Monroe facing half left
COMPLIMENTS OF / LOS ANGELES RUBBER STAMP CO.
Los Angeles city emblem with flag, bear, eagle, castle, lion
MONROE DOCTRONE (sic) CENTENNIAL 1923
STADIUM, LOS ANGELES. CALIF.
CITY OF LOS ANGELES / FOUNDED 1781
The word "Doctrine" is misspelled "Doctrone" on the coin.
Back to the film
A British India Queen Victoria rupee:
7. British India rupee 1882
Silver, 30.0 mm, 11.50 gm
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Errol Flynn as Mahbub Ali the Red Beard
Dean Stockwell as Kim
Paul Lukas as Lama
Robert Douglas as Colonel Creighton
Director: Victor Saville
Writers: Leon Gordon, Helen Deutsch, Rudyard Kipling (novel)
Dean Stockwell as Kim
Paul Lukas as Lama
Robert Douglas as Colonel Creighton
Writers: Leon Gordon, Helen Deutsch, Rudyard Kipling (novel)
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