Pawn Stars: 1891 $1 Silver Certificate | History - YouTube

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where we got here found at a foreclosed
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house that I bought I was kind of
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cleaning out a bunch of junk in there
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and came across this book in a closet
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kind of stuff in the back corner and
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boom that's when I came across whoa
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Martha Washington one dollar bill this
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is pretty amazing
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she looks really like George Washington
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Otis sure a little respect I'm just
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saying that her hair sucks that's all
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hmm
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come to the pawn shop today to sell this
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dollar that I found with Martha
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Washington on it hoping to sell the
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dollar for about 1,500 bucks that'd be
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nice little kitchen I'll probably buy
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something cool you know maybe a hot tub
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or a pool table or something like that
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to go with the house this is back when
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we used to care about what money looked
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like yeah this is gnarly
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this is technically the only woman
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that's been on a u.s. bill I mean they
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just announced that they're most likely
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gonna put a woman on the $10 bill I
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heard that it's just an incredibly good
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shape luckily it was in this in this
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book how much you looking to get out of
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it now you know I looked online a little
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bit and what I could see is is it you
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know was worth around 1,500 bucks but we
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need some really good shape do we need
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to get it graded well that's the weird
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thing when it's in this kind of shape
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you really do need to get it graded
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there's ten grades of a pristine bill I
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mean this thing could be worth anywhere
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from between a thousand and ten thousand
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ten thousand oh my gosh
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it all depends on how it grades out and
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there's a lot of variables when it comes
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to paper money I have a friend who's in
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town right now and he grades bills they
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get down here he'll tell me what great
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it is and he'll be on the price a little
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bit and we'll go from there perfect
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sounds good thanks be right back
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so I'm hearing that it could be worth
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ten thousand dollars I'm pretty stoked
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that'd be amazing
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grading paper money is a really really
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tricky business so I'm calling it a
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friend of mine who does this for a
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living
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Brian this is the you know Martha one
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dollar bill it's in it's in great shape
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and but it's that weird just with paper
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money and you guys and your little
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grading we're just fantastic my name is
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Peter Trillium and I work for a company
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called stacks powers galleries I'm an
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expert in rare United States paper
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currency well this is an 1891 $1 Silver
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Certificate well the overall condition
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is pretty fantastic actually grab your
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tray real quick
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yeah please thank you I brought my light
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here okay so as you know paper currency
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is it's very fragile
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unlike coins you can kind of fool around
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you can iron you can enhance the
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condition of a bill well this is
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actually really this is really really
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high-grade
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at first glance appears to be flawless
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and if so could be worth upwards of
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$20,000 Wow
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it is an absolutely awesome condition
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the best of bill can be is gem Crispo
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circulated and the worst is a poured
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this is kind of torch top end of the
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range okay
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however it does have a slight very
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slight centerfold which takes it of the
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out of the uncirculated category it is
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not in the top range as far as value I
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would put a conservative retail value
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around $59 okay but it's a cool find
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here yeah I'm stoked I just love the
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fact that you're saying Martha
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Washington is on a centerfold thanks man
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appreciate it Rick thank you buddy
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Corey's pleasure thanks B nice video
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take care for me if the shop is able to
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acquire this bill I think it's a
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fantastic buy for them they should have
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no issues selling it quickly so the man
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said fifteen hundred bucks
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what do you say man they said $1500 was
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a fair retail value okay and I have to
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make a living so I'll give you 800 bucks
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800 bucks
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she just got offered $800 for a one
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dollar bill yeah that you found thank
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you I get you guys gotta make a livin
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but come on in 1400
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so I'll give you a grand for it I think
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it'll sell really quick because they're
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talking about pretty Harriet Tubman on
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the $10 bill now so there's some more
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interest in this bill can you do 1,200
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man
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I will go 1100 bucks some will go a
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penny more that's what I can do I did
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find it in the book so I can't really
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complain about that so all right walking
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the shop with a book and a dollar bill
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and now I'm leaving with 1100 dollars in
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my pocket
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