1932 - S Quarter on Pawn Stars

It is a counterfeit "S". They don't buy it. But I took my 1932 S to a coin dealer after the show was aired the 1st time. Initial offer was $35. After I put it in my pocket, he asked to see it again. He said it was Extra Fine so the Next offer was $60. He offered $75 as I was going out the door.

I still have it. LOL

 

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With "dealers" like that, who needs charlatans?

 

They probably can't. That's why they're hamming it up on A&E...!

 

Who is ripping who off? I watched the show and the owner of the quarter said she got it as change from a store 27 years ago. The coin turned out to be a forgery. So what is the odds of finding a good condition forged silver coin in circulation around 1980? Very unlikely. I think the owner knew it was fake and was trying to rip off the pawn shop.

 

Nah. Somebody saw the coin and told her it was a really valuable coin, so she decided to sell it. It is really surprising the great number of people who don't know anything about coins at all and even moreso the number who do not even care. My wife is one. She saves worthless Kennedys, but would roll Wheat Cents and IH's to take to the bank. lol And to her a dime is just a dime. Clad, Silver, no matter. I have tried, oh how I have tried.

 

She said she got it 27 years ago, not that she found it in circulation. If you looked at it, someone had it graded MS65. I doubt if it wee the owner.

 

my grandma just visited the pawn shop today, since she is in vegas. she went in to get me a shirt. she said the store workers were putting up a fuss and ignorant to people for taking pictures. i guess i understand, that would be a pain to deal with. also surprisingly the old man came out from the back and even offered to sign the shirt she got for me. she said he was actually polite and talked to her for a bit. she was looking to buy me a cheap coin, just to say i got a coin from there shop. the old man collects coins and is trying to get a souvenir token minted to sell in the shop. at least that is what he told her. i gave her a little price guide for some common date, cheaper coins, but she said they were all way overpriced.

 

Panda that is pretty neat, I'd want to meet the guys at the pawn shop, might be a fun experience. Glad your grandma got to meet the old man, and you got a signature from him as well. I bet they make quite a bit of money off of merchandising.

Been waiting to post a few pawn stars pictures as well...

 

I was in the pawn shop back in January and what little coins they had were nothing special and were all overpriced.

 

In response to the Pawn stars and the VOC ships bell. We only just saw this show here. I think that their expert isn't much of an expert. Working for a maritime museum, we have many ships bells, and especially those of the VOC. What the expert said, that all the ships bells had the date 1602 on is incorrect. 1602 was the year the VOC was formed based on the 6 chambers in the Netherlands. It was custom for each chamber to order the making of their ships. When an order was put in, the Chambers colours and coat of Arms would of been on that ship. For example the ship Batavia, flew the flag and emblem of the Chamber of Amsterdam. It was also custom that the bell was cast at the time the ship was being completed. The bell would of had two important facts on it. 1st. the ships name, and secondly the year of its completion. Going back to the ship Batavia, the bell would of had 1628 on it and its name Batavia. This was also for the ship Zuytdorp of 1712. The first thing marine archaeologists look for when finding a wreck of one of these wonderful ships is the ships bell. It is also a known fact, that the VOC were meticulous when it came to registering all the cargo, crew etc for their ships. The bronze cannons is another example of the Coat of arms being put on them. The bronze cannon found on the Ship Batavia has the coat of arms of Rotterdam along with the year of casting. I do think the bell that was brought into Pawn Stars may be real but its not off a ship. The other thing with ships bells of that time, they did not hang, they were placed in frame which allowed the bell to rock back and forth, so the bell for a ship would not have a circle anchoring point. They would of had a T anchoring point. This bell could of been cast and was being sent to Castle Batavia which was the strong hold and fortress of the VOC citadel. That bell most definitely wasn't from the year the expert claimed of 1785. Another point, of all the artefacts I have seen on the VOC, I haven't seen any with stars on them like on that bell, which leads me to believe this bell was cast for someone in the VOC at Batavia.