[musicic playingng]
RIRICK: So I I'm downn herere in LA w with Chumum.
And d we're ababout to g go ta lookok at thisis huge cocollen
ofof old steteel printnting pl.
And I I have a f feeling t the going g to be rereally heaea.
So t that's ththe real r rean why I I brought t Chum.
[l[laughs]
You wanant me to o carry itit?
That's's why youou broughtht?
I g got a badad back.
CHCHUMLEE: J Jeez, Ricick.
Heyey, how's s it goingng, ?
ADAM: : All righght.
HoHow are yoyou doing?g?
Sorryry we're l late.
I I had to e eat lunchch twi.
That't's OK.
HeHere it isis.
T That's a a lot of m metal p.
Holy [blbleep].
So thehese are a all the p prig plateses from ththe Americin
Banknknote Comompany?
ADAM: ThThat is cocorrect.
The platates were e used inn prininting stotock certitific,
cucurrency, , stamps----
prettyty much ananything..
C Can I opepen one ofof thes?
Yeaeah, go ahahead anand open o one up.
I mean,n, have ththese been catataloged oror anythinin?
ADAM: NoNo.
ThThey've bebeen heree for r several l months..
Chuhum, see, , like, they havave this c currencyy
thing g on the f front of f t?
Let's g go printt someme money, , boys.
[laughshs]
ADADAM: I hahave platetes ad rollerers from t the Ameririn
Banknotete Companyny.
I'veve collectcted coinsns d currencicies my whwhole life,
as l long as I I can rememem.
And ththen the p printingg talklked to meme a lot
becaususe my entntire famimils been i in the prprinting b buss
for ththree genenerations..
So it t was justst interesesg toto me fromom a lot
of dififferent p perspectiti.
RIRICK: Thisis is pretetty ama.
ADAM: ThThe Americican Banknke Company y was foununded in 1 5
by R Robert ScScott, whoho s the origiginal engngraver
for the e United S States MiM.
ThThey have e engraveded and pd stocks, , bonds, c currencie.
RICK: : Yeah, ththey weree prininting cururrency fofor s
of dififferent c countriese.
JuJust aboutut every b bond certificicate for r the Unitd
Statates was p printed b by t.
Theyey had thehe printining techchnology w where
itit was reaeally, reaeally dift to couounterfeitit their s st.
ADAMAM: Right.t.
Andnd they'rere just out ofof businesess now.
And yoyou just---- - NoNo.
ThThey're--- - ThThey're ststill in b busi?
ADAM: : --still l in busininess.
ThThe currenencies arere a lolot differerent now.w.
And d stocks a and bondsds are e traded d digitallyly.
S So they j just, likike, solf all theieir old memetal plata?
ADAMAM: Yes, t they did.d.
And herere, you'rere lookingng .
There's's a ton o of people thatat this cocould appepeal.
You hahave currerency collectotors who w would buyu,
bobond collelectors who wowould buy y it.
AnAnd if youou have ananythg specifific to cecertain cocomp,
itit could b be collecectib.
So it's s all forr salele though,h, right??
ADAM: : Absolutetely.
I I can picick througugh i.
It's n not an alall or nothing g deal, riright?
Well, I I'd like e to do the wholole thing g in one d de.
BuBut I'll t tell you u wha.
Once youou get in n there start t picking g some thihis
anand if thehere's somome ththings of f interestst,
wewe can talalk about t tht and openen that dodoor.
OK.
CoCool.
UmUm, I'm gogoing to c calla buddy dodown here e to helpp
me too i if you dodon't mind.
ADADAM: Don'n't mind a at a.
RICK: I'I'm going g to start digggging throrough thisis.
You u call Peteter, and d tn come bacack and hehelp me.
All rigight.
I'll b be right t back.
RICK ( (VOICEOVEVER): So w we here at t a printiting museu.
And d they're e actuallyly gg to takake these e steel plpla,
anand put ththem in a a pre, and prprint somemething.
C Can you j just, likike, she ththe procesess of howow to do?
Oh,h, certaininly.
Can youou print t this one?
ADADAM: We c can printnt th.
Allll right..
Whoho doesn't't love a goodod train i image?
RICK: : So if eveverythingng s good, , maybe I I can makeke a.
[laughghs]
Are y you readydy? RICKCK: I'm reready.
Yeah, yeyeah Let's's check i i.
Well,l, step onon over to ourur printining press..
So firstst, we're e going to work k the ink.k.
It's's actualllly a veryry speciaialized inink.
ItIt's very y dense, v very h.
What-- o our firstst stepep to do h here is
actuallyly to get t the inkk intoto those s small crerevis
inin the plalate.
RICK: : OK.
And whihile this s is hahappening,g, our papaper
isis actualllly in thehe prococess of g getting
sosoftened i in a buckcket of .
CHCHUMLEE: W Wow.
So we'r're inked d up.
Now Mikeke, my masaster prini, is goingng to takeke the nexexp
herere to get t the ink off f the surfrface
and ththen leaveve the inkk in t those reseservoirs.s.
So now y you can s see the t t.
CHUMLEE:E: You shohould jujust leaveve it likeke th.
Y Yeah.
Now we'r're going g to get that i into the e press.
RICK: : Oh, thisis is veryry .
So nextxt, we're e going to getet the papaper.
CHUMUMLEE: Quiuick queststio- do youou have ththe paperr
they usesed to prirint moneye?
Well, I I can telell yoyou who mamakes it..
It's a actually y one of t e oldedest compapanies in n the n.
It's C Crane's P Paper.
I'll l be orderering from thehem tonighght.
Y Yeah.
Well, ththey also o have a good m mailing l list.
And d guess whwho sees their r mailing g lists---
ththe Secretet Servicece.
The e key is g getting t ths ststarted wiwith the f felt,
alallowing f for the p press.
RICKCK: Whoa..
ThThat's incncredible.e.
This is s absolutetely amaziz.
I I had no i idea it would d look likike this..
WeWell, thananks, man.n.
I realally, realally apprpreciate t this.
I nenever thouought printingng was artrt.
It t is defininitely--- it's a an art anand a crafa.
Enjoy y it.
RIRICK: All l right.
So youou're askiking 4,50000 -
CHUMUMLEE: I t think that's s steal, RiRick.
RICKCK: Um, soso you're e stl good a at 4,500 0 bucks?
I thinknk 4,500 is a g good numbmber.
YoYou get ththe opportrtuniy of thehe printinings.
AnAnd that c can go whwherer you wawant to tatake it.
It's u unlimiteded.
I g guess we e have a d de.
This is s absolutetely fabulu.
I, um-- - now I'veve just got toto hire ththis guy..
[laughghter]
[mususic playiying]
I'll go o to my trtruck. And I'llll write y you a cheh.
- OK. - Comeme on.
All rigight.
Thihis is a r really cocool p.
Yeaeah, it isis.
RICKCK: Chum..
I I'll be a a few mininutes, .