Has Good Ol' Mr. Wilson been Grooming a Young Numismatist for decades now?

Saturday's edition of the Denver Post newspaper had this Dennis the Menace comic (by Hank Ketchum) that mentioned a silver dollar. I seem to recall "good ol'" Mr. Wilson next doortrying to interest Dennis in coin collecting on other occasions.

A quick search on Google followed by another search on the PCGS Collector's Universe U.S. Coin Forum gave me the answer I was looking for, and much more. The Google search led me to a websitesimply titled, "BrianRxm" and a page titled, "COINS ON TELEVISION / DENNIS THE MENACE (1959-1963)." The first show listed is, "Dennis and the Rare Coin first shown January 17, 1960 (Season 1 Episode15) where "Mr. Wilson pays $250.00 for a rare gold coin from a con artist." Per the website, "The episode shows a 1907 $10 gold coin."

There are about a dozen episodes with coins featured, ranging from an 1895 Silver Dollar to Dennis depositing 300 pennies [sic.!] at a bank where Mr. Wilson works.

Further exploring the www.BrianRxm.com website leads to another page, with "Coins on Television / Television Stars / Coins Appearing in Television Programs." Hawaii Five-O, Andy Griffith,Beverly Hillbillies, Dragnet, and many others, some familiar, some not-so familiar.

Entering "Coins on Television" in the PCGS Forum Search Bar shows someone going by "WillieBoyd2" in various discussions on this subject from 2013-2017. It appears this is his website, and a goodone. This is confirmed by a note at the bottom of one of the website pages, "This website has been viewed more times than you can imagine." I hope you enjoy it.