Pawn Stars

I really like both shows, Pawn Stars and American Pickers, but I tell you what I was in a pawn shop yesterday and they had an 1980 mint set for $15. I asked why so much, I thought he was gonna rip my head off. I gradually made my way to the door. I think I'll stick to tv. Its dangerous out there.

The pawn shops nearby me don't even carry coins anymore. They amass them and then sell them in bulk to coin shops.

When my father-in-law died, my mother-in-law asked me to go to the bank with her to get a loan. The banker asks her what she planned to use as collateral and she starts spouting about all her jewelry and how much it is worth, etc.,when the guy looks at it he told her she could use half the value she quoted him as collateral,nothing more. She went ballistic! I tried to explain to her that "appraisal values" are replacement values for insurance purposes and all the banker could use for collateral was wholesale value and that it was a fair deal(I also collect gemstones and have dabbled in jewelry so I knew what it was worth). She called me a liar and a traitor and a few other more colorful names and stomped out of the bank. She later went to see a "family friend" in the banking business and he told her the same thing but she hated me till the day she died because she wasn"t "worth as much as she had been told by all of her friends"and I guess her loss of value was somehow my fault. Many people don't understand the difference between appraisals for insurance purpose and wholesale values.