"Three Coins in a Fuchsbau" is the 13th episode of the supernatural drama television series Grimm of season 1, which premiered on March 2, 2012, on NBC.
The episode was written by series creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, and was directed by Norberto Barba.
Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) are called to investigate, discovering the robbers planned the heist very carefully and professionally.
One of the robbers, Soledad Marquesa (Jordi Caballero), still looking for the coins, returns to the scene while the police are still there, and Nick sees him shapeshift into a Schakal.
Captain Renard (Sasha Roiz) demands Hank hand the coins over; he takes them himself and begins to be influenced by them.
Club's Kevin McFarland gave the episode a "B" grade and wrote, "This week threw a wrench into the typical procedural structure, using another tried-and-true option for supernatural shows: the magic object.
In this case it's three gold coins, which benefit the holder with an extreme amount of confidence and bravado, but with the drawback that they make whoever touches them completely obsessed with obtaining them.
I can think of many different shows that have used this different structure to brilliant effect — the Buffy bottle episode 'Older and Far Away' is probably my favorite kind-of-cheating example — but Grimm hasn't built up the kind of complicated relationships to pull something like that off.
Nick hasn't really had to deal with his past much, once Marie, his last living relative, passed and it'll be interesting to see how he responds emotionally to Kolt's information.
The episode may not have provided a shocking reveal, but the fact that Grimm seems ready to embrace its true beginnings and bring on the mythology is a very, very promising thing for the show.