Pawn Stars: Continental Currency from 1776 (Season 8) | History

A seller brings in what may be an extremely valuable coin, so Rick takes out his scale to weigh his options in this clip from "Sticks and Stones". #PawnStars
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[@mrksj79]

A history teacher getting a lesson of history from a pawn broker. Hmmmm

[@bart4543]

Its just for the audience. Thats how they do it in every video. How thick are you

[@zacharybohlman4069]

The curriculum these days is all set out for them. They just facilitate it

[@mbashasyed]

@@bart4543 Even then, that's bad script.

[@startrekmaniac1701]

She teaches the liberal version of history, not real history. Our public school system has become a recruiting station for the left.

[@aldonjohngo1212]

@@startrekmaniac1701 ok boomer

[@stevewildeagle965]

😱Rick realises an hour later his scales are reading wrong.😱

[@viper4fun32]

Hahahahaha

[@localdumbass7248]

He needs his calculator specialist to come take a look at it

[@burtburt2263]

Turns out, the coin was actually stolen from her uncle, and Rick lost THOUSANDS. "Found it in the house"= Not her house.

[@airtioteclint]

@@burtburt2263 how'd Rick lose thousands, he didn't buy it.

[@burtburt2263]

Onmyway2slayabeastibecame1: She stole $75,000 of her uncles silver while he was dying in the hospital, and pawned it to Rick...He sold it for spot, and it was melted. Uncle got better, and called the FBI. They easily traced it to Rick...Big story a couple years ago in Henderson...Rick settled with insurance covering his loss. She will have to pay back the insurance. NO. I don't have the link anymore, but another poster about 10 down, will verify...

[@jgdeuce330]

The seller is Chumlee's sister.

[@tommyodonovan3883]

Jose GARCIA Sister?

[@thecopperminer6175]

Now days it could be his father. Lol Smdh

[@General_Eisenhower1945]

Jose GARCIA chumlees sister want s to take you on a trip to flavor town

[@rulymcfly1527]

Brother*

[@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956]

Jose GARCIA it is Chumlee

[@faisenshi450]

Nice lady... She didn't even get angry knowing that its fake...

[@dungeontv143]

Fai Senshi coz its stagged

[@RazCloset]

Yes, she found out much before that. It's her attempt to act but negotiations and reviews were done before this was recorded.

[@jerryinohio1978]

That's not a lady that's a dude. Modern day pat.

[@FSU2001]

Ianized tv Wait a minute. This show is stagged!?!? I thought it was staged, but now that I know its stagged Im really disappointed.

[@deserteagle1039]

Fai Senshi because she didn’t pay for it

[@enriquesinghjr]

I wanted it to be real, she seemed like a nice person, would have liked her to get the money.

[@jayduby5330]

If anyone needs a break it's definitely US teachers.

[@SK8R43]

you wish LOL

[@werre2]

it's european teachers. You-know-who are wreaking havoc in schools and the teachers can't do anything about it

[@josephmort4039]

Yeah but if it's worth half a million he would've offered her six cents and an empty gum wrapper

[@n3wt]

She?

[@EmilyTienne]

He knew it was fake the moment he touched it. But why not take the opportunity to teach the audience fascinating details about early American currency? And that’s what Rick did. Enjoyed this!

[@Pobsta-de7hb]

Like where the actual name Dollar for American money came from? Which oddly enough is Germany lol

[@EmilyTienne]

@@Pobsta-de7hb To think they don’t even have dollars in Germany.

[@Pobsta-de7hb]

@@EmilyTienne Yea quite odd but it is where the name Dollar originated. Mind you after having now lived in Germany for a little time, I can tell you there are many things they do not have, dollars is just one in the list lol. Nah it is okay and living here is very nice but some things still drive me crazy about Germany.

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

It doesn't say mind your OWN business. That's a different expression. It says mind your business, which means get your money right.

[@unclesparechange647]

Absolutely correct. Terminology was very different in the time of Franklin. There was no public education nor a United States. There was no "what's in it for me" ideals. If you take your eye off the prize (freedom of a new nation) what business do you have? Franklin is one of my heroes in American history. Message to the Congress: Don't ever remove his image from the C note! Or else! Jackson is slated for removal from the $20. Guess who they want to put on it? I say leave history alone . You can't erase it!

[@themonkeyhand]

@@unclesparechange647 It's just currency. They should change the people on it every so often. It would just generate more interest in history and currency. The President series of coins and the State Quarters are both very popular. I think it'd be kinda funny if they just made a certain denomination the face of whoever was president during the year of printing. Just imagine the entertainment everybody would get from that. We got a million people from the history of this country to put on money and give people a lesson and some jolly fun.

[@kitrichardson5573]

But for the ones that say “mind your own business“ the value goes up “expodentially”

[@kolbyorozco9494]

Kit Richardson 😂😂 Rick’s favorite word.

[@s.sestric9929]

@@unclesparechange647 Andrew Jackson was no Benjamin Franklin.

[@MoneyMager]

I feel like every coin is "one of the most faked coins"

[@jrgarza1964]

MoneyMager So True...lolz

[@MoneyMager]

Spudly1234567 yes...but not every coin can be the "most" counterfeited.

[@marshallzaid521]

Nope. It's the holy grail of all coins!

[@manamedan5428]

MoneyMager cause they only bring in valuable coins

[@hackerbox2297]

its because people bring in rare and valuable coins that are faked very often. For example, someone brought in a 1932 S that ended up just being a normal 1932 quarter.

[@stancartmankenny]

I got that exact coin as part of a bank promotion when I was a kid - open an account, and you would get a set of colonial coins (reproduction, obviously). I wouldn't be surprised if that's where this coin came from.

[@joshualee634]

Imagine walking in trying to sell something and you get an entire history lesson about something you just want to get rid of

[@newlam7958]

I had one of those replica Continental Dollars when I was a kid. They were reproduced big time for the Bicentennial in 1976.

[@PureBlood42]

They also made commemorative copies for 1876 Centennial.

[@PureBlood42]

Rick, it probably was a copy, but you dropped the ball. They made them out of brass, silver and pewter, not strictly pewter. So...there's that.

[@georgemichael2801]

Mr. Brown and that coin got along famously

[@aidanancheta]

George Michael This is dead.

[@realjumper]

Mr. Brown and the dead got along famously

[@ryanwalsh2455]

Lost my shit this comment was gold

[@DemonDriver31]

Mr.Brown and every meme got along famously.

[@Jijujuji]

Mr brown and your mom got along famously

[@Ryo]

You know it's fake when the video is so short

[@affordablepropertymaintena9213]

DeViiaTe videos are shorter when rick doesn’t call someone in to give their opinion.

[@unseenufo]

Example of social engineering

[@kalpeshbarde6322]

A poor condition 1776 Continental coin was sold for 1.41 million in an auction. If that coin was real, rick would have brought it for like 400k and made almost a million dollars in profit

[@cplusplusgamer]

to be fair he has to frame it

[@AndrewClunie2011]

And you realise that auction can take up to 50% commision, especially on high value items such as this as it needs a special auction and proper advertisement for it. Auction isn't the answer for everything, something like this could sit for years and years waiting for the right auction then you need the right sort of people and collectors there. You all make it sound like an auction is so great and easy when in fact it takes a hell of a long time, costs a bomb to get your stuff in it and then costs a hell of a lot more in commision fees / tax afterwords. You can take that 1 million profit and take at least 600k off it after all the fees and tax is paid. Not a lot of profit in the end for all the time and money it takes to get there.

[@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550]

@@AndrewClunie2011 lol

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

A fake will take the wind out of your sail. She thought she really scored. Was fun to watch. Great video

[@derrickbarnes3126]

1:44 The price goes up expoDentially.

[@ruthiematteson6827]

Rick said "the price goes up EXPEDENTIALLY"... lmao... mr. smarty pants can't say exponentially. Reminds me of how people say "supposibly" 😂

[@OutcastDimensionTCG]

I was literally searching for this in the comments lol

[@rayramirez8776]

Plot twist: That's actually Chum Lee on his off day

[@NewEnglandViews]

ray ramirez 🤣

[@ercanozdemir6394]

Buraya yurt dışından nssıl intibat olur türkçe yaz

[@matthewwren2830]

Whoever made this... they did a good job. No visible casting bubbles and a seemingly strong strike. I read that these weren’t exclusively made out of pewter, so it might still be a possibility.

[@KevinTomlinson1]

Heritage Auctions sold a XF40 made of silver that weighed 25 grams.

[@SpooxyCowboy1911]

rick always gotta give history lessons even when one is a history teacher xD

[@jackcony9706]

When Rick mentioned it's half a million dollars, she pooped in her pants.

[@NewEnglandViews]

Being a history teacher does not make you a numismatic expert ⚡️

[@alistiairgodwyn1413]

"expodentially " 😂 😂 with independance comes poor education

[@dmmj8987]

*independence

[@mycommentpwnz]

I'm 30 seconds into this video, and that coin is CLEARLY a replica. I'd bet my left-nut against a grain of sand...

[@tntcake6327]

how could you tell its a replica?

[@HvnterWade]

The price goes up expedetionally

[@DreamEclipse]

These coins were struck in Pewter, Silver and Brass. They have varying weights, some of them in the mid-20s. The wrong spelling of "Currency" as "Curency" is correct - it was the mint that got it wrong. This lady could have a real coin, Rick is a goofball. This is why he should call in experts.

[@sorsorscience0787]

yeah rick doesnt know what hes doing

[@Locutus]

Rick has no idea what he is doing. He's only been in the pawning industry for 25+ years. No idea what he is doing when his shop makes him millions.

[@robertoarmstrong7317]

That was like.. one of the holy grails of.. counterfeit coins

[@mr16325]

A history teacher doesn’t want to have an extremely historic coin…

[@RealJRosado]

Chumlee you can't fool us 🤓

[@Icriedtoday]

Oh Dude! There were SILVER varieties of this coin! 27 grams doesn’t necessarily mean fake.

[@chrisa9919]

I am a history teacher and I have no idea how to research a coin worth potentially half a mill..

[@easytherepilgrim2339]

These days, history teachers only teach about race and women's issues. They don't teach about our Founding Fathers....and they'd have no idea how to research anything important.

[@LifelessRyan]

EasyThere Pilgrim Where are you getting this information from? Are you in grade school?

[@okamijubei]

I think they worth that much mainly because those actual coins are usually hacked in pieces during the colonial and the aftermath times. So likely which makes it very hard to find one real coin that whole.

[@Ghost-Mom]

@@easytherepilgrim2339 genocidal colonizers are only important to note for the fact that they were a mistake that shouldn't be repeated.

[@welche3477]

@@Ghost-Mom and are a part of history, which is ment to be learned in history class.

[@doc.sk8erdie286]

Lmao!!!🤣🤣🤣She ain't no history teacher!💯

[@timothyjohn9412]

She handled it well. I would’ve wept and ended up buying a collectible box of Kleenex from Rick as I sobbed in his shoulder.

[@gutsandcasca4244]

Rick : I’ll give you 10 dollars and a bag of Cheetos and a cup of water

[@johnninnin]

as a coin guy it made my day to see this but i was like its fake from the start :(

[@flauwegeit]

''Mind your business'' on a coin from 1776, They sure had a sense of humor in the olden days

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Mind you business back then was the same as saying mind you money as in invest it smartly.

[@user-zv5ng1ns1t]

Customer : I have America's first coin. Rick : well wait a minute , CHUMLEE !!! Chum : what happened Rick Rick : this guy has the first American coin Chum : wow , Rick : do you know anything about it Chum : well I know one thing about it.that it's old .

[@NickB1121]

Turns out this chick stole a batch of coins from her family. Saw that on the video titled "5 reasons why Corey lost ownership in the Pawn Shop."

[@jh1328]

Expodentially isn’t a word. I believe you were looking for “exponentially.”

[@6663000]

I knew it was fake immediately.

[@ThePieIsALieMc]

I collect coins and it's obvious that it's a fake right away.

[@dudodudo8372]

I bought one like this on ebay for 4 dollars, after I watched this episode because I like the coin

[@YoloBagels]

I collect and this was a very poorly made fake. I'm surprised Rick even considered it being real.

[@jpsned]

@@ThePieIsALieMc Ditto.

[@him050]

As if a history teacher didn’t know that counterfeiting money was a capital offence 😂

[@HunterShows]

It does not say "mind your own business" and it does not mean "mind your own business."

[@dancom5766]

We are one Fugio time flies and 1776 weighs Actually 12 to 15 gramz I have one pewter I want 5000$ Geat shape too

[@kitadrian2115]

That’s some awesome stuff

[@Ramon_92]

All coins are one of the most searched after coins xD

[@jamescochranejr1019]

They sell em by the pound at monticello in va..got mine there on a school field trip

[@coinparadise]

I LOVE❤THIS COIN

[@ajreed5215]

she looks more like my old pe teacher then a history teacher 😂😂😂

[@casey6556]

“A real one of these weighs between 15 and 18 grams” Rick’s scale: “I can only do 27 grams I’m taking all the risk here”

[@ryanr2203]

Half a million dollar coin. Uncased and ungraded. Fantastic.

[@Car1Sagan]

I have one of those and also thought I struck it rich when my uncle gave it to me, but then I saw the word "copy" stamped into it.

[@kitrichardson5573]

someone actually found a genuine article in a box of coins at a Paris coin shop. They got it for next to nothing and worth $1 million.

[@davidho2977]

I heard about that. You'd think the coin shop would know what they had.

[@Bosscheesemo]

That's my new covid catchphrase! Courtesy of good ol' Benjamin "Mind Your Business" Franklin! Mask? Nah mind your business

[@yesyup5726]

0:01 the god is here

[@octoman_games]

" Mind your business" man have we changed in 200+ years

[@mikeburns6603]

Using "exponentially" to mean "a lot". It actually means that the rate of increase is proportional to the current level. Compound interest at 2% per year is an exponential increase.

[@barrya.6212]

I found one of these coins back in the late 70's ....I brought it to show in my 5th period history class at Tuffree Jr. High School in Placentia in like '78 .....after class I put it in my locker and proceeded to the 6th period...when I came out of that class the coin was gone/ stolen out of my locker.....I'll never know if it was real or fake to this day.

[@alfasud1972]

Well if the teacher showed up in a brand new car the next day, it was real...

[@Dgafsranger]

They also made silver ones and brass ones

[@davyb1091]

Nowadays its This show and American Pickers on History Channel, hour after hour, day after day. I miss the old days.

[@nickfuess2368]

Not all of them are made of pewter. There is 2 silver ones and this is the 3rd

[@martin2560]

We love you guy's out here.

[@drbenjaminstacker7744]

What people don't realize is old coins were often, if not most of the time stamped off center, by a lot.

[@Auzha]

Currency isn’t even spelt right on it

[@jrgarza1964]

Auzha Haha.. the moron couldn't spell, but he sure could make a great looking coin tho.

[@jaeaugustiine]

Lmaaaaaaao

[@SomethingAbstract]

"They were minted in silver, pewter and brass with more than one spelling of the word “Currency”." So yes some of them did say Curency instead of Currency.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

That was a hard word for them because there were CURRENCY, CURENCY, AND CURRENCEY versions. The most valuable one is a silver version with the correct spelling of currency that also features the legend "EG FECIT" (not included on that counterfeit in the vid). EG FECIT stands for "Elisha Gallaudet made it". There are only 2 of that type in existence and the one in better shape is considered to be the most valuable of all types even though the lesser example currently holds the higher hammer price because it sold more recently than the top example. A silver CURENCY example also sold for 1.5 mill.

[@r0bw00d]

Back then, words had more than one spelling--the rigid structure we have today only came about because of dictionaries, if I recall correctly. Regardless, correct spelling back then didn't matter as the only way to do so was to spell words in a way that they could be successfully conveyed. Therefore, as long as someone could look at the written word and derive the pronunciation from it, then as far as everyone was concerned the word was spelled correctly.

[@wongrichx]

Is the cat real? the wife real? LOL

[@shawnward8149]

I have one of these continental currency coins i bought it at a flea market for 10$ today and it is a heavy coin it has the date 1776 continental currency that says we are one in the back of it

[@Pavan1392]

Both of them the coin & the lady are suggested to lose some weight... 😂😂😂

[@newenglandmixes5990]

I like how Rick was informing the history teacher about the history of the coin

[@handznet]

NewEnglandMixes well they not really teach about coin history at schools

[@therealcoffeenation4701]

Me: that’s got to be fake it looks like it’s made from pewter Rick: the real ones were made of pewter

[@Krokodilius]

you "found"...a 1776 coin...in your house..............

[@cooperdickey5785]

ryan phillips could be an old house

[@zach6639]

likely someone left it in a box in the attic or something and left it there. she said she moved in and found it so that's what I'm assuming

[@nxsmoon8498]

Imagine Rick forgot to zero the scale

[@davidone6285]

not the house seller kicking himself after seeing this video

[@ShaneABaker]

I do enjoy how the lady didn't have a loss on the coin whatsoever

[@CoLeadVlogs]

Good acknowledge Rick ! I knew this history teacher was up for a trap lol

[@ClayterBob]

“Found it in her house” sureeee

[@macspartan2371]

I knew it was fake the second i looked at it. Nothing about that coin looks authentic.

[@vermacoinscollection6698]

Beautiful coin

[@jaccson5682]

Now I'm just running on the streets hoping to find 1 cent to spend that later on😂

[@thinkdiffrent6322]

How does a history teacher not know about continental currency?

[@stephendoughty3798]

In too good of shape

[@Meandmimilife]

Seller - i m history teacher Rick - lemme give u hsitory classes

[@aussie420gaming6]

All ways keen on pawn stars videos....

[@Justrandomvideos-2023]

Thats messed up getting someone's hopes up saying that "it" could be worth $ 500,000 and find out its not worth a penny 😔😔😔😔😔

[@richyrich5049]

1:03 Persons are hanged, not hung, Rick.

[@andrewclayterman6230]

2:44 why was there a "dump truck" backing beep as she waddled away?

[@onestepbeyond7240]

I'm seeing a " Pat " moment here .

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Pat was and always will be an acquired taste that only a few people love and I am among those few.

[@drewv041]

Man we should still be putting “mind your business” the money

[@kingjames4886]

proceeds to explain history to a history teacher...

[@JB-vt5sz]

Yikes, this dude was a teacher? 🤣🤣

[@pochopayaso5949]

History teacher get a lesson on a pawnstar owner. Rick Harrison

[@413MassDigger]

Yea....Fugio is definately copper, not pewter!! might wanna read up on that Rick lol

[@413MassDigger]

Ugh.. actually I'm Right, so I really don't need to read up nothing superstar,, I just need to re watch the episode, and pay attention that it's the dollar coin, and not the Cent.. but that's what you meant right!? Gtfoh

[@harryhood8698]

To put is short this is like the holy grail of 1776 continental currency

[@nicktheslick]

My 5th grade teacher had a early American coin similar to that, I wonder if she ever got it checked out.

[@Unitedboxingcentral]

What is the video where he goes “no, I don’t think so, I think I’m going to take it home”?

[@geneobrien8907]

"thank you for the lesson in numismatics, as a teacher may I offer a lesson on enunciation"

[@TomSmith-dt4tj]

the seller looks like shes been hitting the Vegas buffets just a little bit too much.

[@None-gc2ee]

Most rare coins are not held in the hands of people that no nothing about coins. Which is how I knew it was immediately not authentic from the very start.

[@321gates]

No wonder we have so many confused kids today.

[@crangel8623]

A history teacher that has no clue about history,that sums up the us educational system.

[@INFOWeatherMedia]

I have a replica too. Looks just like that one. Bought it for $10 or so. Knew this was a fake right away

[@vipes6737]

No idea what step to take with thi but i found one of these cleaning out an pld house fullnof antiques a while back, just been sitting on it debaging what to do with it

[@artificialtears]

Expodentially lol