As rigid body physics are used in this tutorial, Blender version 2.66 onwards is required.
Another barrel tutorial in a series working towards a pirate's treasure scene. This tutorial is very similar to a recent tutorial where a chest was filled with gold coins; the main difference is that in this tutorial layers are used to manage the coins.
The starting file and the end file can be downloaded from my website -
http://blender.freemovies.co.uk