"Ironside" was a one-hour television program which ran on the NBC television network from 1967 to 1975. Robert T. Ironside is a former San Francisco police chief detective who uses a wheelchair. He works for the police force as a consultant and has three assistants, Sergeant Ed Brown, Officer Eve Whitfield, and Mark Sanger, a civilian. This episode is titled "The Riddle in Room Six" and was first broadcast on February 25, 1971. Everett Ward is an attorney for a local gangster who is on trial. The jury announces that they can not agree on a verdict as one juror keeps voting "not guilty". Ironside asks the judge to give him 24 hours to find out if any juror has been bribed. Ironside pulls out a United States 1965 quarter (25 cent coin) which shows the obverse. Later he and Ward flip the quarter and the reverse appears.

A San Francisco scene appears.

The Golden Gate Bridge.

Ironside lives in the old police building with his three assistants, Officer Eve Whitfield, Mark Sanger, and Sergeant Ed Brown. A jury trial of a local gangster has concluded except that the jury is "hung" voting 11 to one for conviction. Defense attorney Everett Ward wants the judge to declare a mistrial (start over with another trial) but Ironside believes that the juror was bribed and asks the judge for 24 hours to find evidence.

Attorney Everett Ward watches while Ironside pulls out a quarter.

The coin is a United States 1965 quarter (25 cent coin) which shows the obverse.
The American mints started producing the "clad" quarters in 1965 which explains why this coin looks new. Ironside also gives Ward a note which reads "Never bet on a sure thing."

One of the jurors works in a pawn shop.

Eventually Ironside's crew does discover that a juror was bribed and the jury is sent back to "Room Six" with a alternate juror replacing the bribed juror.

The jury convicts the gangster and Ironside and Everett decide who pays for lunch.

Ironside pulls out his quarter again.

He gives it to Everett who flips it.

Everett removes his hand.

The coin reverse now appears.
There is no mint mark indicating that the coin was minted at the Philadelphia Mint.

Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside
Don Galloway as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield
Don Mitchell as Mark Sanger
Andrew Duggan as Everett Ward
Director: John Florea
Writers: Collier Young, Stephen J. Cannell