I h I have a pea penny
I'd likelike to sellsell. DEALER: ER: That is- is-- w- no not a pennpenny. DANIDANIEL: It'sIt's not a p? DEALER: Uh: Uh, no.. The Une United Sta States s
nevenever made ade a penn. Most peo people don'don't reali. ThosThose damn Bmn Brits mad m,
bu but we've 've never mar mad. We've 've always mys made a . And the the reason won why it'd
eda centcent is becabecause it'- two two differenerent thin. S So we mad made cen. [lau[laughing]g] It's an an Americanican
coin, in, and it wit was mintminted just ust aftere
got got our indeindependee from Eom England, nd, so very- 1791.91. I boI bought it it from n
indiindividual aal about 30 3. I'd I'd like to to get at lat . I don'don't think ink I'll e
an any less tss than tha. DEALERALER: Early rly Americanie
an aan absolute ute nightmartma. You reu really hav have o
know what hat you're dre do, or
expeexpensive mie mistak. or you can can maken Bu
be But if it it is real,eald
be talkingking a lot oo. Did Did you hav have an ia
whatwhat you wan wanted for? DANIDANIEL: WellWell, I had ha- it's 20 20 years ags ago n- but fromfrom a man wan whI
think isk is still all aro. And he ohe offered med me $2,00. Who kho knows?? I meanmean, quite ite franklys
sworth rth anywherehere betweeng and God knd knows how how m. So I'm g'm going to to ge
my buddy ady a call.l. I'
him him come dow down her, I'm going ing to hae and hed he's goingoing to look. And hed he's goingoing to
explain ain it to meo me and. Be
an Because I e I don't kw
anything ang about . I just dst don't.
.I thinthink you gou got a few . LookLook around.und. MaybMaybe there'ere's-- see u
ocan spn spend somesome of your. DA DANIEL: Th: Thank y. I'm I'm a bit ext excite. I think ink a secondcond opn
is gis going to to be gre. It is is a real cal coi. It is is an Amerimerican c. It It is earlearly. An
see the the value ine in it I And hopefupefully, he l see in iin it-- or mor maybe. DA DAVID: Oh, Oh, fantastt.
OK. Well, th, this is kis kid
of iof interestiesting. OK, OK, this is is neithr
a coa coin nor Aor Americ, but it'sit's very imy import
to tto the earlyarly coine hi history ofy of the Uni Unit. Th
17 This was aas actually llyn
1791, as tas the date ate, in Birmingmingham, Eng Engl.
DANIEL: EL: Really?ly? DA
- Birminghingham, EnglE. DAVID: Yea Yeah. - DAVID: TD: This was was acty
manufanufactured wed with ay specspecific com commercial i. The The United Sed States Mis
not founfounded untiuntil ar afteafter this wis was str. In 1In 1791, the the Unitd
Statesates Congresgress was workworking withwith
all all sorts ofs of ides ab about estaestablishinghing . And And one of tof the possios
was ths that they hey were g to con contract out out the sg
nof coi coinage to to an enterg EnglEnglishman oan of the nae . He cHe created ted the diesr
this, and and then the theye strustruck at a t a mint in in. They sey shipped aed a ke- we kno know of one one ke- to theirheir agents nts n
Philadelphelphia, and ay Ph distristributed thd them to als
of con congressmensmen, senaton. In otherther words, ds, they weg
to wto win a gov government en. A
ch And the khe king didt
chop theirheir fings of off or any anything fog? DAVIDAVID: No, so, surprisi. DEALDEALER: So iSo is it r? DAVID: WD: Well, I'm I'm gg
to checkheck it withwith a e justjust to makemake sur. It is- is-- it's s's struk
ratherther than can cast, k and it hit has the ehe engrail. The surfsurfaces are are cor. EverEverything ang about t
is ais absolutelutely corr. This iis is genuinnuine.
- - OK, sweesweet. An
a And now, iw, is it woh
a million ion dolla? No.
[laughinghing] DEALDEALER: WhatWhat is
it actuactually wortwort? DAVID:VID: Based ued upon
condition,ion, theyy range nge from $20 $200 or $r
$400 up up to $3,003,000 or 0 or $5,005,000 if you you get ot
tis jus just in ama amazing con. This cis coin fallfalls que
a bia bit short ort of th. Th
co This is ths the kind f
coin that hat retais somesomewhere are around $75 . And it wit will veryvery acty
se sell at tht that leve. OK. OK. Hey Hey, not a t a probl.
ThanThank you.u. OK. OK. All rig right. Best of of luck.
Thank ank you. . - Thank ank you.
- See yoe you soon, on, m. As with ath all colleollece
lcoins,ins, conditidition is iny important ant to detereterminin. This iis is a veryvery
nicenice coin, an, and its wortworth a resprespectable b. Actuallually, it's t's wortht
more tha than I thouthought i. I'd gid give you $ou $500 fo. I've stilstill got a t a $0
offer fer on the the table f. 00 And ifd if I do, Io, I havo
checcheck on tha that fir. To negonegotiate ate at ts
point int would bed be mo. s Be
I would cod come near ear t. Because the there's nosy So sSo see if thf the guy isl
willinlling to pay pay you $. ll If not not, come bme bac,
and we'll 'll talk.. I I'll givegive it a t. We We may see see each oth o.
- - OK. Have a n a nice day,day, m.
. - ThanThank you.u. I I think, sk, since I h I har
offer befobefore, hopehopef, it'll stl still be obe out t.
