To Howard Berlin's list of TV episodes with coin plots, I would like to add three episodes of Dennis the Menace. However, it would be more accurate to call these episodes

Dennis's father finds a cent in his pocket change. He gives it to Dennis to encourage his son tostart a penny collection. They enlist the help of Mr. Wilson, a knowledgeable coin collector, who gives Dennis someWhitman folders.

Several misadventures result from Dennis's attempt to fill all the holes in his folders, such as bothering the localgrocer by asking him for penny rolls. In the end, Mr. Wilson gets arrested while stopping Dennis from trying to breakinside an armored vehicle to look for pennies.

To watch the complete episode, see:
Dennis The Menace - S02E14 - Dennis' Penny Collection(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdkkfmzO3g)

Dennis and Mr. Wilson attend an auction where Mr. Wilson spends $50 to buy an antique withmissing key and unknown contents. Later in his garage, Mr. Wilson tries unsuccessfully to open the chest. When Mr.Wilson is away, Dennis picks the lock and finds only a spyglass, hat, and an all apparentlyworthless. Planning to entice his friends to pay him for a peek inside the chest, Dennis draws a treasure map, folds itup, and stuffs it into the pocket of the coat. Later, Mr. Wilson finds the map, and thinking that it's genuine, gathersinvestors to fund an expedition to find the buried treasure.

Mr. Wilson looks foolish when Dennis interrupts the investors' meeting and tells them who drew the map. Sufferingfrom Mr. Wilson allows Dennis to take the contents of the chest to show his friends. But whenDennis lifts the coat the lining tears, and bundles of paper notes tumble out onto the floor! The excited Mr. Wilsondeclares them to be After Mr. Wilson uses the cash to pay his debts and cover the cost ofthe chest, he's arrested by the local police sergeant for passing stolen money.

To watch the complete episode, see:
Dennis The Menace - S03E28 - The Treasure Chest(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbsF8jJQOTQ)

Mr. Wilson plans to spend a quiet evening at home enjoying his coin collecting. But his plan isinterrupted when his wife Martha commits him to babysitting Dennis and friends.

Mr. Wilson is proud of his that he says is worth $100. After Mr. Wilson shows his dimeto the children, Dennis's younger friend Seymour it to buy candy from a vending machine. Mr. Wilsonbreaks into the machine to retrieve his dime, but the entire inventory of dimes spills onto the ground. As Mr. Wilsonsorts through the pile of dimes looking for his 1919-D, a policeman arrests him for stealing.

A close-up shot of the shows not a winged liberty (Mercury) type as it should be, but a 1913 Barberdime. The coin has been heavily circulated, so even if it were an actual 1919-D it would have been worth a lot lessthan $100. $100 in 1962 is equal to around $930 today, but a worn 1919-D dime on eBay can be had for under $20!

Certainly, the writers meant the 1919-D as a stand-in for the much scarcer 1916-D. Maybe they wanted to avoid theexpectation of showing an actual 1916-D dime on screen. But the fact that the prop master decided to show such amediocre specimen of the wrong design type does contribute to the silliness of the plot.

To watch the complete episode, see:
Dennis The Menace - S03E21 - A Quiet Evening(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLSGTh20tUo)

Dave writes:

Dennis Tucker of Whitman Publishing writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NEW BOOK: COIN COLLECTING ALBUMS, VOLUME THREE(https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n25a03.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: FEBRUARY 20, 2022 : TV Episodes with Coins in the Plot(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n08a09.html)