TO
TO GET
TO GET THAT RING SYSTEM. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO GET
THAT RING IF YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT IT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS?
IT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK A
FASCINATING SHOW,
FASCINATING SHOW, BECAUSE FOR TWO HOURS,
WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT COLLECTING COINS.
WHY IS THAT INTERESTING?
BECAUSE NUMBERONE,
BECAUSE NUMBERONE, LITERALLY, I NEVER KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
UNTIL MIKE MEZACK SHOWS
UP ON THE SET, BECAUSE I
WAS GETTING CHANGES WHEN
I WALKED THROUGH THE
DOOR TODAY.
DOOR TODAY. THE OTHER THING IS ABOUT
FINDING THESE RARITIES.
THESE DEALS THAT NOBODY
ELSE HAS ACCESS TO, AND
REALLY LEARNING A
FASCINATING HISTORY,
FASCINATING HISTORY, MAINLY ABOUT THE U.S.
THROUGH COIN COLLECTING,
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN
EXPECT IN OUR NEXT TWO
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. WHO IS JOINING ME?
I ALWAYS CALL HIM MY
FAVORITE COIN GEEK, BUT
HE'S ONE OF THE RENOUNED
COIN COLLECTORS AND COIN
EXPERTS.
EXPERTS.
EXPERTS. WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME. >> Guest: HELLO.
>> Host: ARE YOU EXCITED
ABOUT OUR NEXT TWO
HOURS?
HOURS?
HOURS? >>
HOURS? >> Guest: I AM.
>> Host: STICK AROUND
FOR A KID'S KIT.
>> Guest: TURNS OUT TO
BE A THING.
>> Host: TURNS OUT TO BE
A HUGE THING.
>> Guest: FIRST OFF, WE
HAVE TO REMEMBER, TODAY
IS NATIONAL COIN WEEK.
PARADES, FIREWORKS, KIDS
ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
>> Host: JUST HAVING A
BALL THIS WEEK.
>> Guest: IT'S CRAZY.
>> Host: THEY'RE GOING
CRAZY.
CRAZY.
CRAZY. BUT IT IS A BIG DEAL.
LET'S QUALIFY THIS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
ACTIVE COIN COLLECTORS
JUST IN THE U.S.?
>> Guest: THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT
STATES GOVERNMENT FIGURES ABOUT 76% OF
AMERICANS CONSIDER
AMERICANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE COIN
COLLECTORS.
COLLECTORS. I DON'T KNOW THAT
THERE'S 76% OF ANYTHING
ELSE AMERICANS AGREE ON.
>> Host: NOT SURE ABOUT
THOSE THREE EITHER.
>> Guest: I'M NOT SURE
ABOUT THOSE 24%.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE
UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION.
COIN COLLECTING IS AN
ALL AMERICAN HOBBY.
IT HAS HISTORY.
IT HAS INTRINSIC VALUE.
>> Host: IT'S
GENERATIONAL TOO.
GENERATIONAL TOO. YOU HAVE MADE ME A
PRETTY AVID COIN
COLLECTOR.
COLLECTOR. >> Guest: THAT'S JUST
THE WAY IT WORKS WHEN
YOU START GETTING INTO
THEM AND REALIZE THE
HISTORY, AND THIS IS A
REEL BRAT SET.
IF YOU'RE KIND OF
DABBLED IN COINS AND YOU
WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT
STEP, THIS IS PERFECT.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
USED TO MAKE THESE
PRESTIGE PROOF SETS.
THEY LOOK LIKE A BOOK.
THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A
SUEDE, OR A VELURE, OR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I GUESS IT'S MORE SUEDEY
THAN ANYTHING.
THAN ANYTHING. AND YOU OPEN IT UP AND
THEY PUT IN THE PROOF
SETS.
SETS.
SETS. IF
SETS. IF THERE ARE ANY DOLLARS
OR COMMEMORATIVE HALF
DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR AND
PUT THAT SET OUT JUST
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. SO WE HAVE HERE, THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE BOOK
PRESENTATION, '86, '87,
AND 1990.
AND 1990.
AND 1990. SO THESE OUR ARE OUR
THREE SELLERS.
THREE SELLERS. THEY ONLY MADE PRESTIGE
PROOF SETS LIKE THIS
FROM 1986, AND 1987, AND
1990.
1990.
1990. THERE'S A SILVER DOLLAR
IN EACH ONE OF THESE.
A SILVER COMMEMORATIVE
DOLLAR.
DOLLAR.
DOLLAR. SO THIS IS A SILVER
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
COMMEMORATING THE
COMMEMORATING THE CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. THIS ONE COMMEMORATES
THE BIRTH OF DWIGHT
DAVID EISENHOWER.
DAVID EISENHOWER. THIS HAS A COMMEMORATIVE
HALF DOLLAR IN IT.
REMEMBER, YOU'RE ONLY
PAYING $49.95 PER SET.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS,
FOR INSTANCE.
FOR INSTANCE. I LOOK AT THE NATIONALLY
ADVERTISED CATALOG, AND
FROM A COIN BY COIN
STAND POINT IN THIS,
YOU'RE ONLY PAYING
$149.95 FOR ALL THESE.
THE KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS
IN HERE ARE $50.
OKAY, JUST FOR THE
KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS IN
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THE
HERE. THE NICKELS IN HERE ARE
$25.
$25.
$25. THE
$25. THE DIMES IN HERE ARE,
THE CENTS IN HERE, THE
THREE PENNIES IN HERE
ARE $30.
ARE $30.
ARE $30. >> Host: THE PENNIES ARE
$30?
$30?
$30? >>
$30? >> Guest: THE PENNIES
ARE $30.
ARE $30.
ARE $30. THE THREE COMMEMORATIVE
DOLLARS, COIN BY COIN I
FOUND THEM OUT THERE,
$178 JUST FOR THE DOLLAR
COINS.
COINS.
COINS. >>
COINS. >> Host: TOTAL?
>> Guest: $177 FOR THE
THREE COINS.
THREE COINS. >> Host: GET OUT OF
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. JUST THOSE DOLLARS.
>> Guest: JUST THOSE
DOLLARS ARE ACTUALLY
$178.
$178.
$178. THEN YOU HAVE THIS
COMMEMORATIVE DOLLAR.
COMMEMORATIVE DOLLAR. I SELL THIS ALL DAY LONG
FOR $48.95.
FOR $48.95. BY THE TIME YOU GET THIS
TOGETHER, THIS IS GOING
TO BE 200, $325 OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
$350.
$350.
$350. WE'RE $149.95.
WE'RE $149.95. IF YOU LOOK OVER THERE,
SUZANNE, THESE ARE THE
BOXES THEY COME IN.
THOSE ARE THE ORIGINAL
GOVERNMENT BOXES.
GOVERNMENT BOXES. THE UNITED STATES
PRESTIGE PROOF SET THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
YOU GET THE
COMMEMORATIVE DOLLARS.
COMMEMORATIVE DOLLARS. THEY'RE ONLY $49.95 A
PIECE.
PIECE.
PIECE. >>
PIECE. >> Host: I GIVE
EVERYBODY A HEADS UP,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND
A LOT OF TIME ON THIS,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. THIS
LOT. THIS IS COMPLETELY
EXPECTED TO SELL OUT IN
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW. >> Guest: THEY'RE VERY
DIFFICULT TO GET,
BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. WHEN YOU TAKE THIS
BEAUTIFUL BOOK
BEAUTIFUL BOOK PRESENTATION, THIS
PRESENTATION, THIS BREAKS ALL THE TIME.
THESE THINGS COME OUT.
THESE THINGS ARE
rSMASHED.
rSMASHED.
rSMASHED. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO GET THIS.
THIS IS 1986.
IT'S LIKE 40 YEARS OLD
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
OR 30 YEARS OLD.
35 YEARS OLD.
THESE THINGS BREAK, IS
WHAT HAPPENS.
WHAT HAPPENS. SAME THING WITH THE
CONSTITUTION DOLLARS.
CONSTITUTION DOLLARS. YOU GET THE COMPLETE
PROOF SETS, PLUS THE
THREE COMMEMORATIVE
THREE COMMEMORATIVE DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. THE THREE DOLLARS ALONE
ARE MORE THAN THE PRICE
OF THE SET.
THE OTHER COINS NOT THE
SILVER DOLLARS ARE MORE
THAN THE PRICE OF THE
SET.
SET.
SET. THEN
SET. THEN A STATUE OF LIBERTY
HALF DOLLAR, NOW YOU ADD
IN THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PACKAGING.
GOVERNMENT PACKAGING. HERE'S THE THING, MAYBE
WE CAN GIVE THEM ANOTHER
30 SECONDS OR SO,
BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS SELL
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT
$149 A PIECE, OKAY?
IT'S $149 FOR ALL THREE
SETS.
SETS.
SETS. I
SETS. I GOT THIS RIGHT HERE.
TO BUY THE SILVER
DOLLARS, AND THESE ARE
SILVER, THE SILVER
DOLLARS INDIVIDUALLY,
DOLLARS INDIVIDUALLY, $66.50, $66.50, AND
$66.50.
$66.50.
$66.50. THAT'S JUST FOR THESE.
YOU'RE ONLY PAYING
$49.95 A SET.
NOW LOOK AT THE KENNEDY
HALF DOLLARS AT $11 A
PIECE.
PIECE.
PIECE. OKAY, LOOK AT THE
PENNIES IN HERE ARE $10
A PIECE FOR THE PENNIES,
AND SO WHAT YOU DO TO BE
ABLE TO GET THIS, TO GET
ALL THREE OF THESE AND
THESE ARE OUR TOP THREE
SELLERS, THE GOVERNMENT
STOPPED MAKING THESE
PRESTIGE PROOF SETS.
IT'S ALL 100% ORIGINAL
GOVERNMENT PACKAGING,
GOVERNMENT PACKAGING, WITH THE ORIGINAL
GOVERNMENT BOXES.
GOVERNMENT BOXES. I THINK I'M DOWN
PROBABLY UNDER 100 SETS
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. PLEASE CALL IN AND GET
YOURS.
YOURS.
YOURS. WE
YOURS. WE DON'T BRING THEM OUT
VERY OFTEN.
VERY OFTEN. >> Host: WHAT WE KNEW
VERY OFTEN. >> Host: WHAT WE KNEWrEVEN
WE EXPECTED TO SELL OUT.
EVEN WHEN I SAW IT, THIS
IS VERY FEW.
HERE'S THE OTHER THING
THAT'S EXCITING ABOUT
IT.
IT.
IT. THERE
IT. THERE ARE 100 LEFT.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME
SINCE DECEMBER.
SINCE DECEMBER. IT'S TAKEN YOU A REALLY
LONG TIME TO FIND THESE.
>> Guest: WE HAVE 100
LEFT.
LEFT.
LEFT. THESE ARE, AND I WANT TO
SHOW YOU THIS REAL
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. I'LL TAKE THIS ONE.
RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT HERE. UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. THESE ARE ACTUALLY
SILVER DOLLARS.
SILVER DOLLARS. THESE ARE COMMEMORATIVE
DOLLARS THAT THE UNITED
STATES MAKES IN SILVER.
THIS ONE IS FOR THE
100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE $65 A
PIECE.
PIECE.
PIECE. >>
PIECE. >> Host: AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY WERE MINTED
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THOSE ARE LIKE 30 YEARS
OLD.
OLD.
OLD. HOLDING UP A LOT BETTER
THAN MOST OF US, RIGHT?
THESE ARE ON THE WAY TO
SELL OUT, WE KNEW THAT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THIS IS A FUN SHOW.
WE'VE