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If you look at completed Heritage sales. Based on the quick views and guess at condition (AU ish?) $8000 seems extremely fair. Most in Au sold in the $10000 range.
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I didn't see the show, since I just found this thread. I take it they graded the coin AU/cleaned? Did they show any close-ups of the coin? For reference, here's mine - PCGS/AU-58.  ET Edited by EarlyTurban
05/25/2014 09:02 am
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It did look cleaned to my eye when I saw the episode. I wonder what it will come back as...
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Beautiful gold EarlyTurban. That's an eight thousand dollar coin.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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If nothing else, Pawn Stars teaches about buying low and selling high. Otherwise known as a market. Other than that, it's some of the best throwaway TV out there if you're into cool antiques/artifacts and Las Vegas morons (minus one guy who possibly knows a thing or two about a thing or two (unless that's staged too)). And  with 52Raymo, EarlyTurban -- that coin is amazing. |
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6 months ago, guy walks into the shop with the coin, one of the staff (not rick, oldman,chumlee or the son as they are not allowed to work in the shop anymore) calls the gem/coin guy from the back room, that guy who checked the coin works for rick as a Gemologist.
He says, yep its real, they decide on a price and he may or may not sell it.
2 months ago they close the shop and set up to record, they pay the guy with the coin to come back, set up the drama of calling the coin guy, pretend to haggle and let us all think Rick got a bargain. Sometimes I wonder if there is even that much reality in it. I sometimes suspect that the producers go pawing through ads and see something interesting, call the guy up and say "Hey, you wanna be on TV?" |
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Finally saw the episode last night. Coin looks to me like a high end XF detail with a lot of bagmarks/contact marks and possibly an old cleaning. If it didn't get a details grade (because it is a rarity) it would probable be slabbed as a 40.
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TypeCoin971793 Quote:Guess who's going to be at the Long Beach Show. http://www.longbeachexpo.com/visito...ns#pawnstars Cool find. It doesn't surprise me that they do this to keep getting worth while items to put on the TV show. The shop has been a place to go with historical and interesting items since before it became a TV show. When you watch the first season the store is already filled with cool stuff. Rick the owner had been trying to pitch the idea for the show for years. then Brent Montgomery and Colby Gaines of Leftfield Pictures visited and agreed. gotta love Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_S...y_and_formatYeah it is one of my favorite shows. It's funny and informative. |
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My signed"old man" silver round was my first silver purchase!
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The one that floored me was the time a guy brought in a framed print of a Gemini/Titan rocket signed by all the Mercury and Gemini astronauts, and they had no idea what it was. I consider that priceless.
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Beautiful gold EarlyTurban. That's an eight thousand dollar coin.Actually, I've been offered well north of $8K for that coin. If you know where the type of collectors are for branch mint gold like this, a $13+K offer isn't unheard of.  ET
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Actually, I've been offered well north of $8K for that coin. If you know where the type of collectors are for branch mint gold like this, a $13+K offer isn't unheard of. I was messing with the guys, being a tad bit facetious lol. I knew it was worth way more than 8K. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Just remember, all these "Reality" shows are heavily scripted. I mean HEAVILY scripted...
There is no such thing as a reality based "Reality" show anymore....
I got bored with Pawn shop a couple of years ago....
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Saw the one this weekend where the woman was holding on to a BU 1932s Washington quarter for 24 years, as a sort of "nest egg" when she needed the money, only to find out that the "s" had been soldered on and the mint mark was fake. How sad, how many people just like her are holding a counterfeit coin in their collection hoping to "cash in" at their retirement ? |
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