- [first lines]
- Lt. Rod Blake: Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. Nevada once at a reputation for being a hard money state. Well, there's still more hard money in circulation here than in any other state. That's probably why almost everyone in Nevada is either a professional or an amateur coin collector. In a case called "Hard Money, Soft Touch", you'll meet three kinds of coin collectors - professional, amateur and sticky-fingered.
- Sheriff Andy Anderson: You give me a description of every coin in your collection; we'll alert every dealer and collector in the country.
- Jasper Williams: I have them all cataloged. Most of the dealers and buyers will be at the convention at Lake Tahoe over the weekend.
- Lt. Rod Blake: Well, your collection will be probably be there.
- Jasper Williams: You think the thieves will try to peddle it to some unscrupulous buyer?
- Lt. Rod Blake: Well, I think they might try to sell it to a real scrupulous buyer - *you*.
- [Blake has been posing as a private detective named Craig]
- Dobie: Now-now Craig, we can still make a deal. Well, they can't pin Irma's murder on either one of us. Now, you take the reward dough. Take the coin collection, too. It's in the back of the truck.
- Lt. Rod Blake: I forgot to bring the award money anyway.
- Dobie: You private dick! What are you trying to pull?
- Lt. Rod Blake: Nevada state trooper. I'm sure we can pin Irma's murder on one of us.
- [last lines]
- Dobie: Well, that little fool. She meant it! She fell for that old egghead. She was going to cut out on me. I couldn't take that!
- Lt. Rod Blake: You're going to have to take a lot more now.