The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 53, December 16, 2003, Article 18

MOVIE MONEY MADNESS

  Doug Andrews writes: "The Pearl Harbor anniversary that you
  mentioned in the December 7th issue of E-Sylum reminds me
  of the 2001 movie, "Pearl Harbor," and an egregious error
  that was made during its production.

  In one scene, there is a boxing match involving the character
  played by actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. Set just before the attack
  staged by the Imperial Japanese forces, several sailors are
  seen gambling on the fight on the deck of the ill-fated USS
  Arizona. Clearly visible on the back of some of the Silver
  Certificates and Federal Reserve Notes they were betting
  with are the "Hawaii" overprints!

  Of course the movie presents an impossibility, since the
  overprints first appeared in July 1942 - in response to the
  attack that had not yet taken place! - so the US currency
  could be quickly demonetized in the event Hawaii was
  invaded.

  Perhaps other NBS members and readers can contribute
  other movie "bloopers" made involving numismatic items."

  [We did touch on this particular blooper in the v4n27
  issue of The E-Sylum (July 1, 2001), when Tom Delorey
  and Michael Schmidt reported it.   In the previous issue,
  Alan Luedeking reported a blooper in the 1997 movie
  Titanic.  Some others, anyone?  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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