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Pawn Stars: *DEALMAKING DUEL* for RARE Aaron Burr Check (Season 8) | History - YouTube
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hey how you doing
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very good thank you i have a check from
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aaron burr i'd like to show you okay
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that is definitely cool
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so aaron burr used to be vice president
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united states
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you know alexander hamilton the guy in
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the 10 bill yeah
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this is the guy that killed him okay
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you're not a dueler yourself eh
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are you challenging me
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aaron burr pretty colorful person in
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american history
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he tied jefferson for president of the
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united states
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it was the last year of the vice
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presidency of burke in which he shot
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hamilton
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so it would be the election of 1800 and
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1804 would have been the last year the
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way it worked was
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the guy got the most votes was president
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i got the second most votes was vice
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president
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alexander hamilton threw his votes to
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jefferson and that's why jefferson
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became president
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and burr ended up becoming vice
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president so byrd was screwed out of
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being president
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is that why you shot hamilton well yes
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and no
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they never liked each other and they
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basically wanted an excuse to have a
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duel
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so it wasn't a hunting accident no it
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was not a hunting accident it was an
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actual duel aaron burr
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ended up killing alexander hamilton the
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secretary of the treasury
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who was i mean the father of the
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american banking system
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the terrible thing is it just didn't
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work out well for burr i mean no one
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liked him after this
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imagine today if the vice president
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killed somebody in a duel
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and aaron berg wasn't just a vice
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president he was a founding father
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that killed another founding father he's
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one of the most controversial people in
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american history
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it says three pounds right here what's
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that dollar value
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three pounds back then was literally
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three pounds of silver
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the equivalent of three four thousand
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dollars
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so this is a big check your average
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worker may be made 15 20 pounds a year
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so this was a good chunk of money do you
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have any
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paperwork with it or anything well you
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know it has a certificate
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of authenticity which would be on the
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back okay
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it says burr aaron vice president partly
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printed checks signed and filled out in
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his hand
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three by six inches new york may 3rd
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1788.
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well the check's pretty simple pay2ab
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whoever that is
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or bearer i guess this is how they
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canceled checks back then
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that's how it was done aaron burr is one
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of those controversial guys that history
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collectors are just drawn to
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a piece like this is definitely valuable
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i just don't know how to price it
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and i want someone to look at that
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signature how much were you looking to
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get out of it
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two thousand and ten dollars
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all right and the ten's because i want a
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hamilton if you paid for it
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um it's clear whose it is
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but we still have a line right through
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it and i just want to make sure it's his
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signature
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so uh i have a friend who's actually
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coming down here to
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verify some signatures so do you think
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he could hang out till he gets here
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i'd be happy to okay uh just wander
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around and um
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i'll get you what he gets here will do
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thank you whoever they're calling in to
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take a look at this document
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if that person's any good i'm sure we'll
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make a deal today
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does the idea call me about this is the
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item this is an aaron burr cancel check
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very cool i own stuart let's historic
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documents a firm that buys sells
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authenticates and appraises historic
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documents
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rick trusts no certificates of
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authenticity so whenever he gets an
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item he has a question about he uh calls
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me up and i'm happy to come on down
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a check from the man that killed
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alexander hamilton
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well the interesting thing about the
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duel is both hamilton and burr were from
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new york
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however it was quite illegal to duel in
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new york
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so they actually went over to new jersey
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and it was
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less illegal there if the result had
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been the other way around
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hamilton would have been uh guilty of
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killing the vice president of the united
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states and
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hamilton might have had a bad rap in
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american history instead of burr
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aaron burns sort of has a bad guy image
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in american history
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apparently hamilton and burr were like
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two dogs entering a room they just hated
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each other from
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the get-go so rick what exactly are your
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concerns about this check
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all right first off is it really aaron
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burr and the way they cancel the check
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does it affect it because it's going
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right through the signature does it
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affect the value
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i don't think it really does because
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every single check from that time period
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pretty much is cancelled out
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okay however i did bring along some
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examples of some genuine aaron
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burrs that i can compare them to first
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of all he tilts his signature about 45
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degrees
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to the right he probably has the
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greatest tilt of anybody and the other
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thing i look for
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is he flat tops his arse so i'm gonna
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look at the aaron burr here
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i'm looking for the angle
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rick it's my opinion that this item
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was signed by aaron burr himself awesome
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all right now the big question is how
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much is it worth i think something like
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this
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has a retail value of about 750 dollars
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what's your best price on it i wouldn't
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go less than the 750 there
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i think like 500 bucks is a really fair
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price
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well is that just for the the oil
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painting and the frame or is that for
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the check well
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that's not an oil painting it's a
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reproduction of an oil painting but
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the framing's already been done and
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that's an expensive procedure
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browser cost me like 25 bucks to get
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something free it's listed as an antique
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wood frame
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um 600 bucks that's fair
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it has to end in a 10 because i'd accept
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a hamilton from you i'd go for 640. but
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640 doesn't have a 10
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bill in it 610 well when you divide 40
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by
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by 10 you get four of them don't you six
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times fair i mean i'll be able to make
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some money
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six twenty the 20 is in two tens six ten
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you get man six ten
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all right section write them up chub all
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right thank you
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i settled on the 610 number that was
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thrown out there because i'm gonna go
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and look for
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another historical document about the
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same size so it will fit right in the
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slot where that one used to be
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you
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