- I have something you might be interested in.
- What do you got? - Take a look at this.
A very old coin.
This is one of the coolest coins
in the United States ever made.
For lack of a better term, the US boobie coin.
The boobie coin?
[whistling]
I came into the pawn shop today to try to sell one
of my grandfather's gold coins.
He just passed away, and I mean, I
don't know that much about it, but I
believe it's worth some money.
That is really, really cool.
Teddy Roosevelt wanted us to have pretty coins.
Everyone else in the world had beautiful coins,
why couldn't we?
It was during the Art Nouveau movement, which was--
Art Nouveau is just French for the new art.
A lot of people were upset about the design.
They went from like, blowing everything
to the terrible looking like, chainmail vest on Lady Liberty
there.
You know, I'm not really into fashion, but I'm telling you,
it just didn't match.
The Standing Liberty quarter was released in 1916.
But when the American public saw this coin,
and realized that there was an exposed breast on it,
it really upset a lot of people.
One of the great things about this coin right
here is it's toned a little bit, OK?
Silver oxidizes a little bit, which
isn't a bad thing on a coin.
I personally like it on a lot of coins,
because when you have a really shiny silvery coin,
you can't see the details.
And when it tones, you can.
If you're a coin collector, it's one of those things
you probably want.
Right.
OK, so I'm assuming you want to sell it?
Yeah.
How much do you want for it?
It's got to be worth $500.
Yeah, actually-- to be perfectly honest with you,
I'm assuming this coin is worth anywhere
between $1,200 and $1,700.
- Oh wow. - OK?
OK.
I have a friend who works for one of these coin
grading companies.
He will tell me what the grade will be.
If you can hang out a little bit, I'll go grab him.
We can figure out the exact grade.
Do you have a little time to hang out?
I actually don't.
I have a final.
I'll tell you what.
Your best case scenario would be $1,200,
your worst case scenario would be $800 bucks.
I'll give you $1,000.
OK?
It's a fair offer.
Well, I do have to get out of here,
and that's what I was looking for.
So we have a deal.
All right, man, I'll meet you right over there.
I'm going to take this with me. I don't want no one stealing it.
All right.
I'm pretty excited that I'm going to get more for my coin
than what I initially thought it was valued at.
That's going to pay for a lot for my school.
And it's going to go a long ways.