"Bewitched" ENDORA Coin

Please have this coin travel all over the world!  Let it fly on its broomstick  - Please be kind and move this coin along - Thank you!

I have 3 coins ("Bewitched" - Samantha, Darrin and Endora)  which commemorate one of my favorite television shows growing up, "Bewitched" 1964-1972. 

This coin celebrates the work of Agnes Moorehead "Endora" and the filming of several episodes of "Bewitched"  in Salem, Massachusetts, Summer 1970.

 

"Bewitched' goes to Salem

Screen Gems planned to pump in an extra $100,000 into Salem and was assured by the Salem Chamber of Commerce that they could have a carte blanche in the town. Mayor Samuel Zoll was thrilled with "Bewitched" coming to Salem. This would be a huge publicity boost for his city and its businesses.    "Flying High" was the title of a Salem News photo that showed a smiling Salem Chamber of Commerce President, Leonard Berkal, pasting Samantha’s poster over that of a traditional-looking witch "Bewitched" was to showcase several historic sites in Salem, including the House of the Seven Gables and the Witch House.   It would also feature two landmark statues in the city: the statue of Salem’s native son Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of the Scarlet Letter and the House of the Seven Gables, and Roger Conant, the first settler of Salem, whose statue is often mistaken for a witch. This was "something everyone in Salem is going to be looking forward to—seeing historic Salem on TV in September," said Berkal. And so, visitors entering Salem during the week of June 21, were greeted with welcome signs bearing the image of Samantha riding on a broom. Many other markers on Salem’s Heritage Trail also got a makeover with Montgomery’s pretty face. When aired on October 8, 1970,  "Salem Saga" episode had Endora change the sign on the Salem Heritage trail from a traditional witch on a broom to a pretty blond witch, presumably that of Samantha. That day, Mayor Zoll issued an official proclamation declaring October 8, 1970, as "Bewitched Day in Historic Salem"   By using the sitcom’s name and 'Historic' in the same sentence, Zoll had inadvertently emphasized a growing trend of the entertainment industry’s influence in shaping our modern history. It is a trend that continues until today.