HSN.
HSN. MY
HSN. MY NAME IS LESLEY.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE
-- HIS NAME IS MIKE
MEZACK.
MEZACK.
MEZACK. AND HE'S OUR ONLY COIN
EXPERT.
EXPERT.
EXPERT. PRETTY SMART GUY.
YOU MADE ME LOVE COINS.
I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT
COINS.
COINS.
COINS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ANOTHER BELOVED COIN AND
THOSE ARE THE STATE
QUARTERS, AND THESE ARE
PROOF SETS.
PROOF SETS. YOU'LL GET THE PROOF
SETS FROM 1999 TO 2009.
AND MIKE AND I WERE
TALKING.
TALKING.
TALKING. IF I BROKE THIS DOWN IT
WOULD BE A BETTER DEAL
TO BREAK THEM DOWN AND
TAKE THEM APART.
JUST IN SOME OF THE
COINS WE'RE GETTING
WE'RE OVER A THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. >> NOBODY BREAKS THEM
DOWN AND MOST PEOPLE
BREAK THEM DOWN.
WE HAVE SOLD MORE OF
THESE INDIVIDUALLY THAN
SOLD AS SETS.
THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT IS MAKING
PROOF SETS AT THE SAN
FRANCISCO MINT SINCE
1968.
1968.
1968. THE
1968. THE STATE QUARTER
PROGRAM KIND OF
REBOUNDED THE AMERICAN
COLLECTING COMMUNITY AND
BECAME THE MOST
POPULARLY COLLECTED COIN
IN THE HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES MINT AND
IT STARTED IN 1999.
STARTING WITH THE
DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA,
DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, AND
CONNECTICUT.
CONNECTICUT. THAT'S GOING TO BE --
THOSE ARE THE FIRST FIVE
COINS.
COINS.
COINS. THEY ARE DONE IN THE
ORDER OF STATE HOOD.
EACH COIN WAS MADE FOR
TIN WEEKS, AND EVERYBODY
WANTED THEIR STATES AND
COLLECTED ALL OF THE
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. NOW, THESE ARE THE PROOF
COINS, NONE OF THESE
WERE MADE OR INTENDED TO
BE RELEASED INTO
CIRCULATION.
CIRCULATION. ALL OF THE COINS, THE
PENNY, ANYTHING EL,
DIME, HALF DOLLAR, AND
DOLLAR COINS, AND THESE
WERE THE SPECIAL SAN
FRANCISCO MINTED COINS
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR
COLLECTORS.
COLLECTORS. SO OUR NORMAL PRICE IS
$499.95.
$499.95.
$499.95. YOU GET 11 SETS HERE.
SO BASICALLY, $45 WHICH
IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE
ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE
FROM THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. >> Host: OKAY.
>> Guest: WITH OUR PRICE
BREAK AND WHY DON'T YOU
BREAK THEM UP?
WE DO ALL THE TIME.
GO TO WWW.HSN.COM AND I
HAVE THE FIRST 10 YEARS
OF THE SACAGAWEA
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. AND WE SELL THESE IN A
RED OAK PRESENTATION FOR
$400, JUST THE QUARTERS.
EVERY NOW AND THEN I GET
ENOUGH EXTRA COINS WHERE
I CAN SELL THE COMPLETE
SET.
SET.
SET. >>
SET. >> Host: SO MANY PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING FOR COMPLETE
SET.
SET.
SET. AND
SET. AND WE ONLY HAVE 120 BY
THE WAY.
THE WAY.
THE WAY. >> Guest: I NEED THE
REST.
REST.
REST. YOU'LL GET 11 SETS ALL
THE WAY THROUGH 2009.
THAT'S THE TERRITORY
COIN.
COIN.
COIN. WE
COIN. WE HAVE BASICALLY $27 A
SET.
SET.
SET. THAT'S LESS THAN THE
ORIGINAL PRICE IF YOU
STARTED BUYING THEM IN
1999.
1999.
1999. THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS I HAVE 120.
I HAVE A NATIONALLY
ADVERTISED CATALOG.
ADVERTISED CATALOG. AND PEOPLE SAY WHAT
CATALOG.
CATALOG.
CATALOG. WHEN I WAS A 12-YEAR-OLD
PAPER BOY, I BOUGHT
COINS OUT OF THIS
CATALOG.
CATALOG.
CATALOG. THAT'S HOW LONG THEY'VE
BEEN AROUND.
BEEN AROUND. I WANT TO GO TO THIS
SET.
SET.
SET. THIS
SET. THIS IS THE 2009.
SO THE 2009 SET ISN'T
JUST ONE LENS.
THE 2009 SET THE ALL OF
THESE COINS.
THESE COINS. YOU'RE PAYING $27 FOR
THIS SET.
THIS SET.
THIS SET. I HAVE HERE, AND I'VE
LISTED ALL OF THESE SO I
DON'T HAVE TO FLIP
THROUGH THE CATALOG.
SO THIS IS THE SPECIAL
RUN HUNDRED ANNIVERSARY
OF THE LINCOLN SET.
THESE COINS SELL FOR
$13.95
$13.95
$13.95 >>
$13.95 >> Host: EACH?
>> THAT'S $56.
I'M GOING TO PUT THAT
RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE. THAT'S $56.
THAT'S $56. THE PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS
ARE A MERE 6 1/2 DOLLARS
APIECE.
APIECE.
APIECE. NOW WE'RE AT 80 OR $85.
THE QUARTERS THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE IN HERE.
ALL OF THE QUARTERS ARE
$7.95 TIMES SIX.
SO ABOUT $120 JUST FOR
THAT SET RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
SACAGAWEA GOLDEN DOLLAR
AND WITHIN THAT THE
DOLLAR IS 1075, 750.
1395,
1395,
1395, >>
1395, >> Host: YOU LOST ME.
WHERE IS THE SACAGAWEA
GOLDEN DOLLAR.
GOLDEN DOLLAR. FOR THE 2009 SET WE'RE
ALMOST $200, FOR THE
2009 SET, FOLKS.
WE'RE 29 FOR ALL 11
SETS.
SETS.
SETS. AND
SETS. AND BY THE WAY IF YOU
WANT TO KNOW IN TERMS OF
VALUE WHAT THE MOST
VALUABLE ONE IS HOW
ABOUT LET'S GO TO THE
2008.
2008.
2008. THE
2008. THE QUARTERS ARE $18.50
APIECE.
APIECE.
APIECE. YOU HAVE $100 RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THE PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS
THERE ARE $10.50 APIECE.
THAT'S 140.
THAT'S 140. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE
KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR IN
THERE IS $45.50.
THIS SET HERE IS $265
FOR THIS.
FOR THIS.
FOR THIS. >> Host: AND WE'RE AT
299.
299.
299. >>
299. >> Guest: NOW WE'RE
GOING TO INSIST THAT YOU
TAKE ALL OF THE OTHER
SETS AS WELL FOR ANOTHER
HUNDRED DOLLARS SAVINGS.
COIN BY COIN BY COIN
WE'RE OVER A $1000.
WE'RE OVER $1000.
SADLY, I HAVE 10 DOZEN
OF THESE SETS.
ALL OF THEM COME IN THE
ORIGINAL GOVERNMENT
ORIGINAL GOVERNMENT PACKAGING.
PACKAGING. AND ALL OF THEM COME
WITH THE ORIGINAL
GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE
GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY THAT
GIVES YOU THE BREAKDOWNS
OF THE COINS, WHAT'S ON
THE FRONT AND THE BACK
AND THE COMPOSITIONS.
EVERYTHING IS 100%
ORIGINAL JUST LIKE THE
DAY IT WAS RELEASED FROM
THE GOVERNMENT AS MUCH
AS NOW WITH THIS COIN,
20 YEARS AGO.
20 YEARS AGO.
THEY STARTED THE
AMERICAN, THEY STARTED
THE AMERICAN STATE
QUARTER PROGRAM WHICH
REVITALIZED, REVAMPED,
REVITALIZED, REVAMPED, AND RE-ENERGID THE COIN
COLLECTING COMMUNITY AND
BECAME THE MOST
POPULARRERY COLLECTED
POPULARRERY COLLECTED COIN IN THE WORLD.
76% OF AMERICANS
CONSIDER THEMSELVES COIN
COLLECTORS.
COLLECTORS. >> Host: IS THAT RIGHT?
>> Guest: , YES, 76%.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND
SOMETHING 76ING OF
AMERICANS YES ON.
LIFE, LIBERTY, THE
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS,
AND COIN COLLECTING.
BY THE GOVERNMENT
STATISTICS, 150 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE COIN
COLLECTORS.
COLLECTORS. 150MILLION PEOPLE.
150MILLION PEOPLE. THEY STARTED COLLECTING.
BY THE TIME YOU LOOK AT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. WELL OVER 299 JUST FOR
THE STATE QUARTER SIDE
OF THIS.
OF THIS.
OF THIS. BUT YOU GET ALL OF THE
OTHER COINS AS WELL.
THE KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS
ALONE ARE ALMOST $200,
JUST FOR THE KENNEDY
HALF DOLLARS IN HERE.
YOU'LL HAVE IS