Sheriff tries to explain Indian Head or Buffalo nickel to deputy
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This episode of the television program "The Andy Griffith Show" begins with a US Indian Head
or Buffalo nickel used to illustrate a point.
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![]() 1. Program title
Barney Fife is complaining about his small paycheck.
![]() 2. Barney hold his check
He complains about taxes and wants a lucrative investment.
Well now, I'll tell you. If you're really considering investing, why don't you try coin collecting?
Well sure, its a good hobby, and you can't never tell when you'll come across a rare old coin
that might bring you a whole lot of money.
![]() 3. Andy holds the nickel
Andy explains about the coin.
An Indian Head or Buffalo nickel five cent coin:
![]() 4. Indian Head or Buffalo nickel 1936-S
Indian Head nickels were made from 1913 to 1937.
![]() 5. Barney compares nickels
Barney compares the nickels and realizes that they are the same.
He sees both buffalos facing the same direction, and gets the point.
![]() 6. Barney is shocked
Ellie brings in a Mr. Maxwell, he is a music producer looking for folk music which he can record
to sell to a music company and produce a phonograph record.
![]() 7. Maxwell arrives with tape recorder
He wants to record some of Mayberry's musicians.
Andy brings over a country group and they play a short number.
![]() 8. Andy and country music band perform
Maxwell records performances by some other residents.
Various townspeople offer Maxwell investment money for his project.
Andy declines, stating that Maxwell is probably a confidence man.
![]() 9. Andy looks at Maxwell's check
Andy realizes that he has made a mistake and that Maxwell is honest.
![]() 10. Betty arrives with record album titled "Music from Mayberry."
The final scene shows Barney trying to decide what to do with his money.
![]() 11. Barney studying investments in The Wall Street Journal
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Cast, Directors, Writers:
Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor
Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife Ronnie Howard as Opie Taylor Elinor Donahue as Ellie Walker Hugh Marlowe as Mr. Maxwell Writers: John Fenton Murray, Benedict Freedman |
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