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“HORSESHOE COINS & ANTIQUES AUCTION"
Horseshoe Coins & Antiques, LLC
Location: Horseshoe Bldg., Blaine, Washington
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A scarce "Original" antique promotional coin for the very old 1915 silent black and white movie - THE BROKEN COIN
It is struck in steel and is an original, not a modern copy. It measures just under 38mm in diameter and as you can see has some minor condition issues and surface darkness/rust here and there.
Im leaving it as original. This is an original coin, there are copies out there. So beware.
Both sides have crooked lines vertically down both sides to indicate both halves of a broken coin.
Obverse shows a bust looking left and under his name MICHAEL III, He is the King and the one looking for the treasure.
The reverse has the Latin phrase on the left side of the broken line as per the script reading;
SUE / LAPIDEM / NORTIS ANGULO / DROUEMENTIUM / GEMMAS / AC MAGNI / CHIROGPAPNA / GRETZ HOFFEN / MI
Translation below;
("Underneath flagstone of north corner torture chamber he found treasures valuables the king Gretzhoffen Mi.)
The Broken Coin is a 1915 American adventure-mystery film serial directed by Francis Ford. This serial is presumed to be lost.
Images are courtesy of the www and Imdb and just for informational purposes, the group shot of the cast and crew is captioned below as follows;
Production still of the cast and crew of The Broken Coin with Cunard and Francis Ford together (rear center) on throne. A cameraman, likely Harry McGuire Stanley, is sitting (front right) with a Pathé film camera between his feet.
Here is albeit lengthy the members of the production and the first episode summary:
There are 22 episodes and after reading the first, which I’ve included below, it sounds like a interesting story. Maybe a remake is due, with as the Lead female Jodi Foster or Scarlett Johansson, and as lead males Jason Stratham, Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio
See list of Cast members below Episode #1 summary, both courtesy of IMDB.
Episode 1: "The Broken Coin" Kitty Grey, a reporter, leaves her office for lunch. On her way to the restaurant she sees in an old curiosity shop half of a broken coin, inscribed in Latin.
The name "Gretzhoffen" attracts her attention, and she buys the coin. On her way out of the shop she drops the papers she is carrying, which are picked up and handed to her by a foreign-looking man, who had been watching the coin before Kitty came along. Kitty goes on her way and the man enters the shop to buy the coin.
He is told by the proprietor that the young lady who just left the shop bought it. Kitty, thinking she has material for a good story, forgets about lunch and goes to her room for an old article she has written regarding the poverty-stricken Kingdom of Gretzhoffen, and with the aid of a Latin grammar, translates the inscription on the coin, which reads: "Underneath flagstone of north corner torture cham he found treasures valuables the kingd Gretzhoffen Mi."
Tis arouses her imagination to such an extent that she hurries back to her office and asks the editor to give her three months to go to Gretzhoffen and locate the other half of the coin.
In the meantime the mysterious looking foreigner has followed Kitty to her home, entered her room while she was at the office and ransacked everything in general, looking for the coin which Kitty, at that moment, had in a chamois bag around her neck. He leaves, disgusted. Everything ready for her departure, Kitty goes aboard the boat, where she comes face to face with the foreigner.
After dinner Kitty falls asleep in her stateroom, after making sure that the half coin is safe.
She awakens suddenly to glimpse the profile of a man at the porthole of her compartment. He disappears as she sits up. Realizing something is wrong, Kitty, after making sure no one is watching her, takes the coin, her passport and other valuables from the bag and hides them in her stocking.
After another cautious survey she returns to bed. Sometime later she is awakened to find a hand holding her chamois bag disappear through the porthole. She runs to the porthole just in time to see the form of a man disappear around the bow of the boat.
Realizing the bag contained only her handkerchief and an American half-dollar, and that the coin is safe in her stocking, Kitty locks the porthole and retires for the night. She sees no more of the strange foreigner, and arrives safe in Gretzhoffen.
On investigating, with the help of the American Consul, Kitty finds that the Kingdom of Gretzhoffen is a very poor little principality, ruled by a puppet king, Michael the Second, who is under the power of a supposed friend, Count Frederick. Frederick, in reality, is the pretender to the throne occupied by the puppet, and uses Michael, under the guise of friendship, to further his own plans and to ascend to the throne of Gretzhoffen.
The financial straits of the little kingdom are due to the fact that gold scripts and jewels belonging to Michael's father, the old King Michael the First, have been missing since the death of the old king, and the only clue to the missing valuables is half of a broken coin, inscribed in Latin, and given to the present king by an old servant of Michael the First's on his, the servant's, deathbed.
Michael, the puppet, has, after a fashion, tried to locate the other half of the coin. Count Frederick, knowing of the coin and its value, procures it, through the aid of his valet and accomplice, Grahame, and determines to find the other half, dethrone Michael, and ascend the throne, a rich ruler of Gretzhoffen. Thanking the consul for the information, Kitty bids him good-day and strikes out for the hotel.
In the meantime, Roleau, the foreigner who followed Kitty on her trip and is, in reality, a hireling of the unscrupulous Frederick, reports to his employer with the bag he has obtained from Kitty on board the liner. Frederick is greatly angered at finding the bag minus the precious half coin and beats the cringing Roleau.
Frederick, quickly forgetting Roleau, sets about to find another way to get the coin. Kitty, in a taxi on her way home, sees a man stagger from the back door of a fashionable house, trying to cover his blood-stained face with his coat sleeve, and stopping her car near the man, she gets out and tries to help him.
Cast;
Grace Cunard - Kitty Gray
Francis Ford - Count Frederick
Eddie Polo - Roleau
Harry Schumm - King Michael III
Ernest Shields - Count Sacchio
John Ford - Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)
W.C. Canfield - Gorgas the Outlaw
Reese Gardiner - The Apache
Doc Crane - Pawnbroker
Harry Mann - Servant
Victor Goss - Servant (as Vic Goss)
Lew Short - Prime Minister (as Lewis Short)
George Utell - Henchman (as G.J. Uttal)
Bert Wilson - Confidante
Mina Cunard - King's Sweetheart
Carl Laemmle - Editor-in-Chief
Jack Holt - Captain Williams
Mark Fenton - King of Grahaffen
John George- uncredited
Chapter titles
The Broken Coin
The Satan of the Sands
When the Throne Rocked
The Face at the Window
The Underground Foe
A Startling Discovery
Between Two Fires
The Prison in the Palace
Room 22
Cornered
The Clash of Arms
A Cry in the Dark
War
On the Battlefield
Either
The Deluge
Kitty in Danger
The Castaways
The Underground City
The Sacred Fire
Between Two Fires
A Timely Rescue
An American Queen
Add this hard to find early days of Hollywood souvenir to your collection today.
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WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYMENT FROM PAYPAL ACCOUNTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY eCHECKS OR ANY OTHER PAYMENT THAT REQUIRES A WAITING PERIOD TO CLEAR.
Non-USA International Customers: Many countries have a Value Added Sales Tax VAT, which is charged when an item crosses into their border. VAT is charged in addition to applicable duties. It's the buyer's responsibility to know how much tax and duties will be charged. We will not declare your package as a gift.
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Please check with me before making payment if bidding on several items. We will combine shipping all items in the same parcel, to the same address.
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Orders usually processed within within 7 business days from the time of auction close.
If item is large, crating and or pallatizing may be required, all cost to be paid by buyer.
Winning bidders are encouraged to pick up in person on large bulky lots and items.
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