Pawn Stars: $650,000 for ONE-OF-A-KIND Texas Currency (Season 6) | History

so what do we got here we have notes from  the republic and the government of texas   all right that is pretty cool that's pretty  amazing most people in texas believe they live   in a separate country already and it'd be really  cool to have their own money too absolutely i came   to the pawn shop today to sell a set of republic  of texas and a government of texas note this is   the real currency that they used back in the 1830s  and 40s the reason i'm trying to sell the notes   is the business that i own has invested in them  it's time to refund the business so we have nine   republic of texas bills and this one that says  government of texas we have sam houston right here   he was president most people don't know that  he was indeed it just wasn't of the united   states it was uh the republic of texas absolutely  texas was part of mexico there was a revolution   they declared their sovereignty it was his own  country and then the united states government sort   of annexed texas saying you're part of the united  states the people in texas really didn't dig that   texas has a wild history native groups like the  comanches were fighting in that area for over a   thousand years and when european explorers showed  up in the early 1500s the fighting just got worse   finally texas declared itself independent from  mexico and was its own country for nine years   before the u.s government annexed texas in 1845  so tell me what you know about the bills the notes   were produced between 1838 and 1840 finest  set of notes known to exist all the notes   have been authenticated and graded so there's no  question as to their authenticity or the quality   not only are these bills old and rare they've  already been authenticated and graded and they're   in great condition i can definitely sell these and  make a profit if the guy will let them go at the   right price so what were you looking to do with  the mall sell them okay and how much did you want   for them the nine notes of the republic of texas  approximately 25 000 and then for the government   of texas note 650 000 650 1000. oh really um  why would you think this bill was worth so much   that's the rarest of all of them it's the only  known uncirculated specimen graded the next   highest note is au 58 which is about uncirculated  okay ed do you know how much that one sold for   uh i still own it okay all right so um we have  nothing to compare the price to not a thing   do you mind if i call someone and try and  figure out this price here i think that would   be a good idea 650 grand is more than i've  ever spent on anything coming in the shop   so there's no way i'm gonna shell out that kind of  money until i have someone look at it who knows it   could be worth every penny hi guys jay how's it  going man what's going on jay the guys call me   in when they have a piece of currency that they uh  need more expertise the guy's got a lot of stuff   here from the republic of texas and one from the  government of texas looks like a nice collection   these notes are part of a very colorful history  they're fascinating they're scarce and they come   up at auction usually in lower grades early texas  notes can can be very rare and like anything else   it depends strictly on condition this gentleman  might have something real valuable here   what we asking for this group in  the neighborhood of about 25 000.   uh with a 500 bill which you very rarely see so  you're evaluating this at around 10 000 at least   yeah and these you're evaluating at about 700  to a thousand each how about that in my opinion   the retail value on these would be three to six  hundred dollars each okay on the 500 i would say   a couple of thousand in an auction  it could go for more but not 10 000. not even close now this is quite a bill this  government of texas ten dollar i believe this   is the highest grade they've ever issued for  this this is this is very different from the   rest of these i think it's in fabulous condition  what were you asking for this bill 650 000. yeah actually that's not even in the ballpark that's over  the moon over the planets over the stars   has anyone offered you a quarter of that uh i've  turned down that offer well have you saved their   phone number absolutely you better run and take  it before they change their mind i would put a   much lower value on this okay in my opinion the  ten dollar sam houston note would retail for five to seven thousand dollars and on a  great day at a great auction ten thousand   i paid more than that i've looked up the  auction records to know where they trade   this note of course has never been seen before  well unlike it but it's still a limited number of   collectors it's not like 20 gold pieces it's not  like silver dollars that have millions of people   that are interested absolutely this is a small  universe of collectors maybe a few thousand real   serious collectors so the fact that something  is the finest known is great but that doesn't   necessarily mean it's worth a fortune of money  most people don't have a clue what it's worth   um you're on your own i've given you my opinion  okay it's a free country and people can ask   whatever they want i have to give my opinion based  on what i consider the real world the real market   obviously we're really far apart you  know my guy says 6 500 you're saying 650   000 so i appreciate you bringing in an expert  but obviously this is so rare he just doesn't   normally deal with it and if i could buy notes  at his prices retail i'd probably buy him out   jay's my guy i got to listen to him i've never had  any deal that far apart before on prices but uh   just more research and more time is probably what  we needed obviously a deal's not going to be made   here today just a difference of opinion happens  all the time absolutely no hard feelings no hard   feelings all right certainly he doesn't know  enough about the republic or the government of   texas to give an accurate number this man just  doesn't have a clue what he's talking about you

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Length: 6min 38sec (398 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 16 2021