why would you spend $7,500 on 3 notes, if you have no clue what they are? its not even like the guy was a collector or trying to get into it. it just don't seem like a deal to me...
I thought the gambling kit was great... I would love to own something like that if it was in fact the "real deal".
I saw the preview for the first show earlier in the week. The "Massachusetts Pine Tree Penny" was an obvious replica. I actually have the same one. It was in a handful of coins my dad had. He wasn't sure where he got them. I looked it up in the Red Book and found out that there was only one of them in existence. I was pretty sure that mine wasn't #2. Mine is clearly cast. It is, however, a pretty accurate reproduction of the original and I still think its cool. I read somewhere that these copies were made twice. Once in 1876 and again in 1976. Centennial and Bicentennial commems. They reportedly made tens of thousands of them and handed them out at fairs, etc.
i hate when the people find out everything from an "expert" and decide not to sell! it makes it feel so staged. you would think the pawn people would get real mad, they wasted time and money on an expert for nothing.
I think you are confusing it with the copies made of the 1776 Continental Currency dollars. They WERE restruck in 1876 and 1976 (plus other times) I've seen a lot of people drop a bundle on coins, paper money, collectibles, or a lot of other things that they don't know anything about. Often with bad results. Think boilershop telemarketers, people who buy stock based just on their brokers say so (even though often the brokerage is actually selling them stock that they themselves own from underwriting a new offering. They sell it so they aren't holding the risk.)
The silver color coming through the copper on the pine tree penny was a dead giveaway, that and the fact that there is only one known example. Not saying another can't turn up, but...... I liked the usual reaction from the coins owner " I will get a second opinion on the coin". Sorry, still fake.
