OF
OF THE
OF THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL PARK
SERIES THAT WAS CREATED
TO HONOR THE 56 NATIONAL
PARKS AND SOME OTHER
SITES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR I
KNOW HAS A SPECIAL STORY
TO IT.
TO IT.
TO IT. >>
TO IT. >> THIS IS A COOL THING.
THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT DOES SOME
PRETTY COOL STUFF AND
THEY DO SOME SILLY STUFF.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
REALLY COOL THINGS.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE
WERE ADAMANT SYMPOSIUM.
THEY GATHERED SOME OF
THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS
DEALERS IN THE COUNTRY.
SAID WHAT ARE THE THINGS
YOU WANT TO DO?
A REPRESENTATIVE SAID
THE PROBLEM WITH COIN
COLLECTING IS PEOPLE
DON'T USE CHANGE AS MUCH
AS THEY USED TO.
PEOPLE USED TO GO
THROUGH THEIR STUFF.
AND FIND COINS AND THEY
DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE
BECAUSE ALL THE COINS
ARE CLAD, THERE IS NO
SILVER OR ANYTHING
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL. THE MINT CHANGE THAT
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE REGULAR
NATIONAL PARKS QUARTER.
THE LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS
QUARTER.
QUARTER.
QUARTER. A BUNCH OF DEALERS GOT
TOGETHER AND WHAT WE DID
IS WE STARTED THE GREAT
AMERICAN COIN HUNT. IT
COINCIDED WITH NATIONAL
COIN WEEK WHICH WAS A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
WHAT DEALERS DID, WE
TOOK THOUSANDS OF COINS
OLD VINTAGE COINS AND
PUT THEM INTO
CIRCULATION.
CIRCULATION. BUT THE MINUTE THE BANK.
THE MINT JUMPED IN ON
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THEY TOOK ALL THE
QUARTERS THEY NORMALLY
MAKE IN PHILADELPHIA AND
DENVER AND THEY MADE A
LIMITED NUMBER OF WEST
POINTE MINTED QUARTERS
AND RELEASE THEM INTO
CIRCULATION.
CIRCULATION. THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE
WEST POINTE MINTED
QUARTERS.
QUARTERS.
QUARTERS. THEY DIDN'T GIVE THEM TO
US, WE HAD TO FIND THEM
IN CIRCULATION.
IN CIRCULATION. LOOK AT YOUR QUARTERS.
RIGHT HERE BY
WASHINGTON, GO BY THIS.
SEE THE W. MOST OF THEM
HAVE AP OR A/D.
IF YOU FIND ONE IN YOUR
CHANGE WITH THE W, I
DON'T CARE THE
CONDITION, IT IS A $20
BILL.
BILL.
BILL. IT
BILL. IT IS WORTH $20 AT LEAST.
WE HAD SOME OF THESE
CERTIFIED.
CERTIFIED. THE KEY TO THIS IS THE
MINT STATE 67.
THESE ARE COINS THAT
WERE OSTENSIBLY RELEASED
INTO CIRCULATION.
INTO CIRCULATION. IF THEY ARE GRADING
UNCIRCULATED AT ALL,
MIDSTATE 63 THROUGH 65,
WE SOLD 66S LAST WEEK.
67 IS THE HIGHEST GRADE
THIS COIN EXISTS IN.
THERE IS NO 68, 69 OR 70.
THE LOWEST PRICE I WAS
ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND
FIND FOR ME WAS $900 IN
MIDSTATE 67 FOR THE WEST
POINTE MINTED SPECIAL
LOWELL QUARTER.
LOWELL QUARTER. SEE WHERE IT SAYS HERE
EARLY DISCOVERY?
EARLY DISCOVERY? THAT MEANS THIS WAS
DISCOVERED AND HOLDER
HERE AND CERTIFIED
WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS
OF RELEASE OF THE LOWELL
QUARTER.
QUARTER.
QUARTER. THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT
IT COMES DOWN TO.
IT IS GOING TO HAVE
EARLY DISCOVERY AND THEN
EVERYTHING THAT COMES
OUT AFTER THAT.
A TINY PERCENTAGE OF THE
TINY PERCENTAGE OF COINS
THAT ARE GOING TO COME
OUT ARE GOING TO BE
EARLY DISCOVERY AS WELL.
AT $199 I WOULD SELL
EVERY ONE OF THESE BUT I
WAS ABLE TO GET.
WE SCOURED THE COUNTRY
TO FIND THESE COINS IN
THIS CONDITION.
THIS CONDITION. THERE ARE SOME COINS OUT
THERE THAT ARE
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE.
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. BY GRADE, THIS IS THE
HIGHEST GRADED COIN IN
EXISTENCE AT MIDSTATE 67.
$179.95 AN HOUR ANNEX
EARLY DISCOVERY THAT YOU
WILL HAVE RIGHT HERE.
I HAVE MY SPECIAL LABEL
FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN
COIN HUNT.
COIN HUNT. THAT COINCIDED WITH THE
GREAT AMERICAN COIN HUNT
GOING DISCOVERY.
GOING DISCOVERY. YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
THAT WAS STARTED IN APRIL
WITH NATIONAL COIN WEEK.
WE RELEASED ABOUT $5000
WORTH OF COINS INTO
CIRCULATION.
CIRCULATION. WE DID SOME OLD MERCURY
DIMES AND SOME BARBARA
DIMES.
DIMES.
DIMES. WE
DIMES. WE DID A COUPLE OF RARE
PENNIES.
PENNIES.
PENNIES. I DID SOME OLDER COOL
STUFF.
STUFF.
STUFF. WE
STUFF. WE RELEASED A COUPLE TWO
CENT PIECES.
CENT PIECES. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET
THESE AND GO WHAT IS
THIS THING FROM THE
1860S?
1860S?
1860S? WE
1860S? WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO
GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
THOUSANDS OF COIN
DEALERS PUT MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF OLD VINTAGE
COINS INTO CIRCULATION.
THE MINT PILED ON AND
DID THESE SPECIAL
QUARTERS.
QUARTERS.
QUARTERS. THIS IS THE FIRST W
CIRCULATED QUARTER.
CIRCULATED QUARTER. MOST WON'T BE MIDSTATE
67.
67.
67. >>
67. >> Guest: THAT IS MORE
WORK FOR YOU.
>> Guest: IT IS NOT MORE
WORK FOR ME, IT IS MORE
MONEY FOR ME.
WE PAY SO MUCH.
>> Guest: NOT ONLY DO
YOU HAVE TO GET THEM,
BUT YOU HAVE TO BRING
THEM HERE TO OFFER THEM.
>> Guest: SOMEONE FOUND
THEM IN THE QUARTERS AND
PAID A QUARTER.
YOU CAN BUY THEM, YOU
CAN ONLY GET THEM IN
ROLLS OF QUARTERS IN
YOUR BANK OR WHEREVER IT
IS.
IS.
IS. IT
IS. IT IS
IS. IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO
GET THEM.
GET THEM.
GET THEM. WHEN THEY FIND THEM,
THEN I HAVE TO PAY THEM.
>> Host: LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE STORY A LITTLE
BIT.
BIT.
BIT. MY
BIT. MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY IS
FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
FROM MASSACHUSETTS. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW IS FROM
LOWELL.
LOWELL.
LOWELL. I
LOWELL. I SAID TO MY HUSBAND,
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS
HISTORIC PLACE IN
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS?
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS? AND MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE
THE OLD BOOT MILL, IT
WAS AN OLD MINING MILL
TOWN.
TOWN.
TOWN. IF
TOWN. IF YOU LOOK ON THE
QUARTER, ON ONE SIDE IT
IS GEORGE WASHINGTON.
THE OTHER SIDE IS A GIRL
WORKING ON A LOOM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
SEE THAT.
SEE THAT.
SEE THAT. THERE IS A GIRL AND SHE
IS WORKING ON A LOOM.
YOU SEE THIS SPINNING
WHEEL.
WHEEL.
WHEEL. SHE HAS HER HAIR PULLED
UP BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. IT
TIME. IT OPENED IN THE 1830S
AND CLOSED IN THE 1950s.
IT IS STILL ONE OF THE
LARGEST AND I THINK
HISTORIC MILLS THAT WAS
LEFT INTACT FROM THE OLD
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. IT IS STILL THERE TODAY.
NOW TO SHOPS AND CONDOS
PROBABLY AND ALL KINDS
OF OTHER WONDERFUL
BOUTIQUES FOR THE PEOPLE
OF LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS.
THAT IS FASCINATING.
MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMEONE
FROM MASSACHUSETTS OR
YOU LOVE THESE NATIONAL
AND HISTORIC SITES AND
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO
COMMEMORATE THEM.
COMMEMORATE THEM. THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY
TO CELEBRATE WHAT
AMERICA'S HISTORY IS ALL
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. >>
ABOUT. >> Guest: YOU DO IT AND
WHAT IS ONE OF THE
RAREST MOST UNIQUE AND
DISTINCTIVE COINS.
DISTINCTIVE COINS. THE UNITED STATES HAS A
LOWELL QUARTER IN A
PHILADELPHIA OR DENVER
MINT IS A QUARTER.
BUT THIS IS THE WEST
POINTE MINTED.
POINTE MINTED. THIS IS THE SPECIAL
SECRET GREAT AMERICAN
COIN HUNT RELEASE BY THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
THAT IS A SPECIAL PART.
MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THE
GRADE.
GRADE.
GRADE. MIDSTATE 67.
MIDSTATE 67. IT IS JUST SPECTACULAR.
>> Host: IS GOOD AS IT
GETS.
GETS.
GETS. >>
GETS. >> NO MATE NO MIDSTATE
70.
70.
70. I
70. I HAVE AN 8 PM SHOW
TONIGHT, THIS WILL SELL
OUT IN THE 8 PM SHOW.
THE W WEST POINTE MINT
MARK, MIDSTATE 67
HIGHEST