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A Plugged Nickel (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

A Plugged Nickel (1915)

Short | Short, Comedy

The coin first attracted the young business man's attention on a Sunday morning when he was going to church. He found it in his everyday suit, while getting dressed for the Sabbath service. He threw it out of the window and forgot all ...See moreThe coin first attracted the young business man's attention on a Sunday morning when he was going to church. He found it in his everyday suit, while getting dressed for the Sabbath service. He threw it out of the window and forgot all about it. With his family they attended church conducted by the celebrated revivalist, Willie Tuesday, and when the collection plate was passed he found that the plugged nickel was again in his pocket. He gave it to the cause of religion most willingly. In the afternoon while walking, he met a pleasant darkey, who wanted change of a quarter; the businessman gave him the quarter and took the darkey's two dimes and a nickel, and discovered that it was the old plugged nickel again, so he spent it in a saloon, and got it back from a car conductor. Then a blind man got it, who gave it to a newsboy, who sold the businessman a paper and gave him the nickel again. This time he threw it in the water, and one day while fishing he pulled it up in a fish that he caught and cleaned. Here's how it was. When he threw it out of the window, his two kids picked it up and bought a plate of ice cream. A little later the father dropped in to get a stamp, and the coin was part of his change. The coin was thrown out of the religious collection and the darkey found it, passed it on a pedestrian, who chanced to be the business man. In the saloon it was accepted without question, and a car conductor got it in change. He put it back in circulation, and the business man was the passenger who happened to get it again. The blind man was a fakir, who stung the newsboy, who in his turn easily got rid of it. The belief is that after the coin was thrown overboard, a fish dined upon it, and as nickels are not currency in the ocean the fish had to retain the money until he was caught. When it was all over, the businessman sat down and tried to figure it out. So far as he could see, he did not come out so badly; by means of a worthless plugged nickel his children got ice cream and he got a glass of beer, he bestowed charity, was benevolent, was thanked by the darkey and in the end got his money back. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Boyd Marshall Mr. Christopher Mr. Christopher See fewer	Hidden Valley (1916)
Lila Chester Lila Christopher - Wife (as Lila Hayward Chester) Lila Christopher - Wife (as Lila Hayward Chester) See fewer	Cardinal Richelieu's Ward (1914)
Leland Benham Christopher's Older Son Christopher's Older Son See fewer	Jack and the Beanstalk (1913)
Eldean Steuart Christopher's Younger Son Christopher's Younger Son See fewer	Gladiola (1915)
N.Z. Wood Dixon - a Friend (as N.S. Woods) Dixon - a Friend (as N.S. Woods) See fewer	Peggy's Invitation (1913)