>>HOST:
>>HOST: I
>>HOST: I AM A HOT MESS. HE NEEDS A NEW SHOW HE N
HOST, STAT! WERE GOING H
TO PULL INTO THE SILVER
JEFFERSON NICKELS THAT.
$249.95 FROM 1942-1945
WORLD WAR II. THESE ARE
UNCIRCULATED.--SET. UNCI
UNCIRCULATED.--SET. UNCI THESE ARE LIMITED HERE T
AS WELL. I HOPE YOU CALL
AND. MIKE MEZACK IS AND.
GOING TO WALK US THROUGH
KIND OF THE STORY OF
THESE.
THESE.
THESE. >>GUEST: THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLE COIN. THESE
ARE A COUPLE POINTS
INCREDIBLE COIN. THESE ARE A COUPLE COINS. THEY
ALL UNIQUE UNLIKE
ANYTHING AND ANYTHING
THAT THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT HAS EVER PUT
OUT BEFORE OR SINCE.
>>HOST: WOW!
>>HOST: WOW! >>GUEST: WERE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORLD
WAR II. WE ARE IN THE
MIDST OF WORLD WAR II IN
THE UNITED STATES.
OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T BORN
FOR WORLD WAR II, BUT MY
PARENTS GREW UP IN WORLD
WAR II, AND THEY USED TO
TELL ABOUT ALL THE
RATIONING THAT PEOPLE RA
DID DURING WORLD WAR II.
THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE
RUSSIAN GAS, BUTTER.
EVERYTHING WAS NEEDED EV
FOR THE WORK EFFORT.
EFFORT.--WAR. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED
MORE THAN ANYTHING WAS
NICKEL. NICHOLAS VERY
HARD. IT WITH YOU FOR
SHELL CASINGS.--WAS USED
HARD. IT WITH YOU FOR SHELL CASINGS.--WAS USED.
NICKEL BECAME SO
VALUABLE, THAT SILVER. V
IT WAS EASIER FOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO GIVE UP
SILVER AND NICKEL.
>>HOST: SO INTERESTING
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT >>GUEST: THESE NICKEL >>
ARE MADE OUT OF SILVER.
>>HOST: OKAY. >>HOST: OK
GUESSTIMATE FROM
GUESSTIMATE FROM 1942-1945.
1942-1945. >>GUEST: THEY ARE 100%
ORIGINAL. BIG DEAL OF
THIS IS THEY ARE 100%
UNCIRCULATED. YOU MAY
HAVE SEEN THIS WAR
NICKELS IN THE PAST, AND
WHAT YOU SEEN A
CIRCULATED VERSIONS.
CIRCULATED VERSIONS. BECAUSE THEY ARE SILVER,
THEY ARE CON OF ALL
TARNISHED. THEY DON'T
LOOK THAT GOOD, IN ALL
HONESTY.-- KIND OF ALL.
I HAVE A VERY SMALL ONE
SEE. FINALLY FOR THE
FIRST TIME. I DON'T KNOW
IF I HAVE EVER SOLD THE
SILVER WAR NICKELS AND
UNCIRCULATED IN PRIME
TIME. I HAVE NEVER HAD
ENOUGH. >>HOST: IT SAID
TO ME WE HAVE NOT SEEN
THESE IN ALMOST 3-4
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. >>GUEST: THAT WAS I HAVE
NEVER SOLD PRIME TIME. I
NEVER HAD ENOUGH. EAR
MITT OUT OF NICKEL. MITT
THERE ARE SEVERAL UNIQUE
THINGS ABOUT THIS. OR
MADE OUT OF SILVER. THEY
ARE NOT MADE OF NICKEL.
THEY ONLY MADE THEM
1942-1946. THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THEM WERE
CIRCULATED AND PUT INTO
CIRCULATION, SO VERY FEW
CIRCULATED AND PUT INTO CIRCULATION, SO VERY FEW.
BECAUSE OF EVIL NEEDED
CHANGE BACK THEM. IT WAS
DURING THE WARM ACT --
PEOPLE, WAR. THIS IS PEO
VERY IMPORTANT. IF WE VE
CAN GET AN TYPE OF THESE
VERY IMPORTANT. IF WE VE CAN GET AN TYPE OF THESE,
DO YOU SEE THAT RATHER?
DO YOU SEE THAT RATHER?
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA MINT. >>HOST:
MINT. >>HOST: PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. >>GUEST: PROOF COIN
AGATHIS PHILADELPHIA AGA
MINT MARK. THIS IS THE
PARACRESS UNITED STATES
COIN. NOTICE HOW LARGE
THE MIDMARKET. LARGEST
MINT MARK PUT ON THE
UNITED STATES COIN
MINT MARK PUT ON THE UNITED STATES COIN. END
DATE PLACE AT THE TOP OF
THE COIN, AS YOU CAN THE
SEE, BRILLIANT
SEE, BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION.
UNCIRCULATED CONDITION. WHY DID THEY PUT THE
MIDMARKET?-- MINT MARKMI
WHY DID THEY PUT THE MIDMARKET?-- MINT MA
MARK THERE? THEY WANT
THEIR SILVER BACK AT THE
END OF THE MORE SO THEY
CAN, THAT IS RIGHT. SO
THEY CAN PULL THE SILVER
NICKELS BACK OUT. AFTER
THE WAR, SILVER COIN TO
THE MORE VALUABLE THE
NICKEL, SO THIS IS A NIC
VERY SHORT-LIVED
VERY SHORT-LIVED SITUATION. >>HOST: EASY
WAY FOR THEM TO PULL WAY
THEM OUT.
THEM OUT.
THEM OUT. >>GUEST: IF YOU LOOK AT
THIS RIGHT NOW AND I'M
LOOKING AT THE LOOKING A
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED CATALOG. 1944 P, WHICH C
IS QUITE YOUR. IN
CIRCULATED CONDITION IS
NINE DOLLARS AND A
QUARTER. UNCIRCULATED,
QUARTER. UNCIRCULATED, QUARTER. UNCIRCULATED,
QUARTER. UNCIRCULATED, ON BRILLIANT ON BRILLIAN
UNCIRCULATED LIKE WE
HAVE, $57 IN THE CATALOG
UNCIRCULATED LIKE WE HAVE, $57 IN THE CATALOG.
$57. THIS COIN AT $55.
$46. $57. UNDERSTAND, $4
THE 05 COINS ARE $250. I
HAVE BASICALLY HALF-PRIC
THE 05 COINS ARE $250. I HAVE BASICALLY HALF-PRICE
IF YOU BUY THESE COINS
COIN BY COIN.--THESE 5.
I CAN'T EXPRESS TO YOU
ENOUGH HOW DIFFICULT
THESE COINS ARE TO GET T
IN ORIGINAL BRILLIANT
UNCIRCULATED CONDITION.
UNCIRCULATED CONDITION. CONDITION. LOOK, I CAN
SELL YOU THESE SELL YOU
CIRCULATED SETS OF CIRCU
THESE, BUT TO GET THE
ENTIRE COLLECTION, THIS
IS EVERY PHILADELPHIA
MINT, DENVER MINT, SAN
FRANCISCO MINT MADE IN
THE ENTIRE SILVER
JEFFERSON NICKEL WARTIME
THE ENTIRE SILVER JEFFERSON NICKEL WARTIME.
COIN BY COIN, YOU'RE
WELCOME WELCOME WELL WEL
OVER $400 ON THIS. WELL
OVER $400 ON THIS. SORE
QUANTITIES ARE
QUANTITIES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY LIMITED.
EXCEPTIONALLY LIMITED. LIMITED.--WELL, WELL,
LIMITED.--WELL, WELL, WELL. IT IS THE ONLY WEL
TIME I HAVE EVER HAD TIM
MORE THAN 100 OF THESE
THAT I HAVE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR A PRIME
TIME PRESENTATION. IS
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THESE COINS ARE FOR SOME
OF THE RAREST WARTIME
COINS. BETWEEN THE STEEL
PENNIES, ALL THAT PENNIE
BECAUSE THEY WERE EITHER
MELTED DOWN AFTER THE ME
WAR OR THEY WERE
CIRCULATED. >>HOST: CIR
THIS IS A TINY PART OF
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >>GUEST: TREMENDOUS PART
OF HIS REVIEW THE
INCREDIBLE PART OF
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >>HOST: THAT IS WHAT IS
SO UNIQUE AND SPECIAL
ABOUT THIS AT.--SET. IF
YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT
GETTING IT, WE HAVE A
LIMITED QUANTITY TO GO
AROUND. IF YOU KNOW
ANYONE WHO WAS IN THE
MILITARY, IF YOU LOOK
BACK INTO YOUR FAMILY'S
HISTORY, AND YOU THINK
WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR
II, AND THIS IS THAT
SPECIAL, UNIQUE COIN
WHERE IT WAS MADE FROM
SILVER TO REALLY RATION
THE NICKEL. THAT, TO ME
IS INCREDIBLE EXCELLENT
>>GUEST: THIS INTRINSIC
VALUE BECAUSE THEY ARE
SILVER. THIS IS THE
ENTIRE SET AS WELL, I
MUST ADD, THEM MUST ADD,
1942-1945. PHILADELPHIA,
1942-1945. PHILADELPHIA, DENVER, SAN FRANCISCO
MINT. SAN FRANCISCO MINT
COINS ALONE WAS WORTH 47
OR $57 WITHOUT $65 AND
BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED
BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE. COIN BY
COIN, AND ORIGINAL ON
BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED.
BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED. IF THEY SET REALLY SEEN
IN THE 15 YEARS I'VE IN
BEEN HERE, I BELIEVE BEE
THIS MAY WELL BE MY ONLY
PRIMETIME PRESENTATION,
PRIMETIME PRESENTATION, OR IT WAS A LONG AGO I
DOUBLY DON'T RECALL WITH
THIS RIGHT HERE.-- SIMPLY
SIMPLY. THAT WILL MAKE
THIS UNIQUE. MINT MARK,
FIRST PHILADELPHIA MINT
MARK EVER PUT ON A MARK
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
COIN. THE FACT IT IS
SILVER THAT WE CHANGED
COMPOSITION IN THE COIN
AS WELL. THE FACT THESE
ARE SILVER NOW, INSTEAD
OF THE REGULAR NICKEL OR
CLAD NICKEL. THIS CLAD N
NICKEL, MANGANESE, ALL
THAT OTHER STUFF. THESE
ARE SILVER AS WELL.
>>HOST: SILVER MAKES THE
COLLECTIBLE AS WELL, BUT
ONLY THE STORY.
GUESSTIMATE ALSO MAKES
THEM DIFFERENT LOOK FOR
NICKEL. YOU SEE WHAT I N
AM SAYING?
AM SAYING? >>GUEST: NOW THE NICKEL
LOOK, THEY DON'T LOOK
LIKE OTHER NICKELS, AND
THE REASON BEING FOR
THAT IF THE SILVER IN
THEM DIFFERENT THAN THAT
INCREDIBLE LUSTER.
INCREDIBLE LUSTER. LUSTER.--SILVER. ONLY
LUSTER.--SILVER. ONLY MADE FROM 1942, 1945.--
1942-1945. THESE COINS
ARE A SPECTACULAR
REPRESENTATION OF
REPRESENTATION OF AMERICA'S PAST AND
SOMETHING, ONCE AGAIN, S
IN SUCH ACRYLIC SMALL
ONTO THAT WERE IN
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR
ME TO FIND -- INCREDIBLY
SMALL QUANTITIES. ALL
FIVE SETS OF THESE, 200
SETS, WHICH IS BY FAR SE
THE LARGEST QUANTITY I
CAN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER
IN 15 YEARS AND IS
CONDITION. UNDERSTAND, I
CAN SELL YOU CAN SELL YO
UNCIRCULATED COINS FOR
MAYBE $100 OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, BUT FOR ONLY
A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU
CAN GET THE RAREST OF CA
THE WAR NICKELS
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED. AND
UNCIRCULATED. AND INCREDIBLE PIECE OF
AMERICAN HISTORY.
AMERICAN HISTORY. >>HOST: IT REALLY IS.
WHEN YOU THINK MIKE
MEZACK IS REALLY CHAIRED
PICKING ALL THE SETS TO
BRING US. THE FACT THAT
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO B
BRING US. THE FACT THAT I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE
WRAPPING UP ON THIS. IF
YOU WANT, 295-496 IS YOU
ITEM NUMBER.--CHE EITHNE
THICKEST CURATOR ALL
THESE WONDERFUL SET FOR
YOU FOR YOU TO BE ABLE T
TO DO THAT AT HOME,
CONTINUE TO CALL AND,
LIMITED QUANTITY. MUCH
MORE WE HAVE COMING UP.
WE STILL HAVE, MIKE
MEZACK, PRESTIGE PROOF
SETS. OOH! MOUNT
RUSHMORE. I HAVE THAT IN
MY COLLECTION. KENNEDY
STILL TO COME. WE