Pawn star load of crud

Watching the show right now. Lets see the errors:

1. Said made in Tyre until 70ad
2. Then said made in Jerusalem (half true)
3. Made a huge deal out of it being cleaned
4. Then paid $1600 for a defective $500 coin

What a load of crud. Why not tell the truth? Its just as easy.

 

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And its possibly stolen...we shall see

 

I wouldnt be seeing it till tomorrow but I am not surprised.

 

I didn't watch. These shows are all made for the camera.

 

I just don't understand why they cannot just tell the truth and show a coin along with real inforrmation. Why be lazy and not get t right? Just makes you sick how someone may have actually learned something.........

 

dang, forgot to watch it.....sounds like i didn' t miss to much.

 

looks like it has been released, so thats only a $500 coin? Rick got screwed

 

Yeah, they have been for a long, long time now. It's getting old quick!

 

I can't stand Rick he's the king of low ballers (even though the bartering is supposedly scripted). Ok it's worth a 1000000 dollars so ill give you 100 dollars for it. Also him and his son are cocky and have attitude problems.

 

I wouldn't pay that for it. I am glad he overpaid, (assuming any of it is true).

 

I am shocked!

 

The only reason I watch the show is to see if anything cool pops up. Otherwise the bartering and appraisals are a bunch of bull.

 

Man with the money hes paying Im gonna sell ny coins to him and retire.

 

Last time I was in Vegas I stopped by the pawn shop. It's a lot smaller than it looks on TV. They use some creative angles to make that place look big. - All they were doing was selling memorabilia: shirts, hats, all sorts of junk. Nothing in the display cases but junk. Not even a real pawn shop, just a tourist trap. I think they film the episodes at night, but make it appear like it's during the day. Big hoax.

 

Yeah--they speak off the cuff, without any research, as if that proves they're "experienced"--total joke! :too-funny:
But they probably make more money selling souvenirs than they would make in the pawn business.

 

Explain this to me !

The coin was maybe stolen, the insurance company paid off on it, why wouldn't the insurance company now get the coin back ....thus stiffing Rick ?

 

I lost a lot of faith in the show when someone brought in an autographed 1950s $10 note that was fake and the Amish-looking 'expert' said it is "a felony to possess counterfeit money." You must have "fraudulent intent" for it to be a felony and the seller made it very clear the note wasn't real. http://www.secretservice.gov/money_law.shtml According to the Amish-looking expert, anyone who unwittingly possesses a counterfeit note in their wallet is a felon. How about all of the shopkeepers out there who keep examples of fake notes next to their registers to help teach their employees how to spot counterfeit notes? I still watch Pawn Stars periodically to see what comes on but overall, the show is a joke and the Amish-looking expert made that apparent to me.

 

Could be that the thief was caught after selling it and court ordered to pay restitution directly to the original owner. Depends on how fast the thief was caught, I guess; he/she must have been caught quickly though. Probably red-handed with some of the loot that hadn't sold yet.

 

Yeah, but I agree with Doug. Why should any further owners have clear title simply depending on the insurance proceeds. I agree that the insurance company should own the coin.

Again, I am just sad. They could have made a real episode and taught people some real knowledge about an ancient coin. It would have been just as easy to get it right as get it wrong.

 

Ha-ha, I remember last week I was watching a Pawn stars episode where the old man was hoarding buckets of pre 82 penny’s, and supposedly he was doing it for years.( bunch of bs they probably bought some regular pennies on ebay) and they accidently zoomed in too close I say some old dirty coins, but a lot of 2011 d pennies.