Yep, he acted like a jerk, trying to play hardball with Rick. Market value is what the market is willing to give you for it, end of story. If you think it's worth more than anyone is willing to pay you for it, then don't sell. This isn't rocket science.
@@SSS-bd6li That's right. And to remind the relevancy, it's not at the first place that Jane could think of. This is the same guy who tries to sell $50 Morgan dollars for $1000 on eBay after marking it down $600 and calling that 60% off. He calls himself an author because he wrote a pamphlet directing people to his coin store. He gives you a certificate of authenticity with every purchase. He has a huge inventory, but he sells it for 10x what it's worth. What he was asking for here is almost reasonable.
0:46 Shawty in the back. 1:36 Rick suggests he gets someone to look at it 1:47 Shawty still in same area of shop .... Staged. The “someone to look at it” guy appeared in blink of an eye 🧐
of course it is, the real question is to what extent. i'd say, people submit what they wanna sell and they expert, that are real experts that lie around the shop/las vegas area, do their research when its filming time. or did you think they just wait with cameras all day waiting for someone to show to pawn sth interesting and then call the expert and expect he or she knows absolutely everything regarding value? WOW
Lord Bunbury are you sure? There are hundreds of thousands of ancient coin collectors around the world, myself included. Plus, this coin is exceedingly rare, even for an early Roman denarius. Remember he said ~30 days before his death? That means that they were only made for about a month, as coinage cannot be produced with a dead emperor on it, with few exceptions (this isn’t one).
I collect coins. You never sell a coin to a pawn shop for a few reasons. 1. You will never get collector price. A coin that is valued let's say at 1000.00 many collectors will pay you a more because THEY WANT that coin to complete a certain collection within the coin collection. Bring it to Auction where coins are sold or sell direct. Serious collectors sometimes have no problem paying double the market value if that's the coin they are looking for. 2. Pawn shops rarely sell coins in their establishment unless noted. They will sell it at auction. They will give you a pawn shop price (usually half or less) then they will sell it easily at auction at market value. You lose. For instance if you Bring in a 19th century let's say 1887 Morgan Dollar in Excellent condition you will maybe get a few dollars more than the silver price chart. (20 bucks maybe 25 if you are a good negotiator) but if you bring it to a Morgan Dollar Collector they will give you 35-50 bucks for it without hesitation. When your dealing in coins. A pawn shop isnt even an option to sell to honestly.
This is extreme wear for even this coin. I found one with the dictator part still fully visible going for 15.5k after a price reduction. And it seems like this coin is pretty readily available as far as collecters coins go in the heavy wear to decent condition range. In fact there was quite a few results for this coin in much better condition in the 30-55k range and some semi decent (which isn't something I would ever use for this particular coin after seeing the online results) coins in the 5-15k range. This coin also is one of the more abundant one's from that time. The one one in near mint condition I could find seems to be one in a Australian museum with very little wear (which is also just limited to the edges mostly along the top of the coin). I can see how this voin didn't go for much.
@@markinnes4264 I've heard stories of Roman coins turning up all the way in Vietnam. It seems that aside from the Europe and Middle East spanning Roman Empire, the Romans also had trade posts, embassies, and commercial expeditions all over Europe, Africa and Asia. Cool as they are, Roman coins are quite easy to find.
@@markinnes4264 I'm from the UK, it's very common to turn on the news and hear about some farmer digging up a literal pile of roman coins while he's planting some veg or whatever. I think a lot of Americans have a bit of a warped sense about how old is really old, as the USA is only around 250 years old. The pub I go to is older than the US, and it's not special in any way, it's actually owned by a franchise that has a bit of a tacky reputation.
@@slamblamboozled1245 ah, some good ol completely uncalled for America bashing. Good job. I'm so glad that you, as a professional on American opinions, could spare your valuable time to comment on a you tube video.
The coin is not in great shape. It looks quite worn. Look on eBay, 1500 seems quite fair based on its condition. The only ones that go north of 3000 are in good shape
@Keith M That's besides the point. I saw experts complaining about fingerprints while examining the items bare handed. I think everything comes down to the item and not the location.
I'm kind of amazed that something that old would be valued so low. However, it apparently is more common of a coin than you would think compared to other coins on that era, also the condition is an issue. I'd buy the thing for 1500-2000 just because it's so cool
Roman coins are very , very easy to find in low grade and turn up all the time. I'm surprised it was even worth $1500. Just because something is old does not make it valuable. You can buy lots of 1st century Roman coins for under $100.
Clearly he doesn't, but he does care about money as do pretty much every person alive even if they deny it. So finding someone who appreciates that historical value is in his best interest
Customer: I have a briefcase with 1 million dollars inside. Rick: I will give you $5 for it. Customer: $20 Rick: too much, come back if you change your mind.
Dude is trying to be sophisticated and just does not fit the bill. He looks like he found it, thought it was a regular coin, buddy told him it was expensive, and tried to sell it for the first price he saw on google.
There are loads of these on earth. Mostly in used condition. If not then they are special. They find buckets of thousands of them fairly often in the UK simply by metal detecting. They used to chuck them in wells. Hide them in jars. 1/4 of all humans on earth used their coins. NOW this is a extremely notorious coin. Very much so. But have no illusions : I suspect Rome minted a half million of these bad boys even in 30 short days, and shipped them from Jerusalem to London and paid salaries with them. Hence the uproar over the face. Rome was INCREDIBLY rich. It's not even a joke to say it. They were ROLLING in it.
@@con_boy 1/4 of humans may have used Roman coins, but over a period of 1400 years, also, the UK isn't actually that packed with finds, us metal detectorists find almost nothing most hunts, and I myself have only found 1 bronze Roman coin in 3 years of detecting, and know many others who have had to wait longer, hoards are a very rare thing, and Julius Caesar is particularly rare to find because he was the first emperor to land here, so a Roman monetary system hadn't been developed yet. A hoard of ANY Roman coins is an extremely rare find, often valued in the hundreds of thousands and displayed in the most prestigious museums we have. Rome may have been rich, but they kept it to themselves
@@viperdetecting4425 thanks for the info, but I suspect it doesn't contradict what I am saying, firstly from England to Israel you will find these coins.. secondly, how many detectorists find one every 5 years? perhaps one every 5 years? you multiply that across every country form here to Israel and every detectorist, that is a surprising large number. lastly a lot of the easier to find ones have *been* found. that is important it means they are already among collectors. At my university in Newcastle they found a temple to Mithras filled with all sorts of things. Also Romans did have the notion of wishing wells and regularly used them.. while *most* of those wells were plundered and remelted long ago not ALL of them have been
Being that it's worth $1500, and he would probably sell it to the first person to offer $1200 for it, not much to laugh at. You obviously don't know how businesses work. You can't buy something for $3-4k when you are going to take a huge loss.
A coin that was made over 2,000 years ago and belonged to one of the most influential and most powerful empires in human history and it's only worth 1,000 dollars is ridiculous.
Indeed, and because they were so influential (spanned from europe to the middle east and the top of africa) those coins are quite prevelent. They don't have demand going for them. Especially in the crappy condition it was in.
Antique coins are not always as expensive as they might appear. I've seen some coins sell for thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars. I bought the same coins for $100. Difference? Age, condition, how it was altered or not altered...there's a million variables...but most antique coins - in fact most antiques, period - are not worth huge amounts of money.
David Vagi (the expert) is a well known, published expert on Roman coins. I have collected them for many years. The $200,000 coin he referred to is extremely rare in that high of grade and highly desired by top collectors and museums. The coin in question is often seen in the condition shown and is priced accordingly and correctly.
Rick and his so-called expert have no clue. First rule of handling old artifacts...wear gloves. Even a 10 year old knows that. $1500 is laughable for anything...coin, belt, shoe, ect., that's from 2000 years ago.
CHAMELEONHERMAN: You are right. Ancient coins are routinely handled without gloves. The oils are even considered good for the coins. It's a very different world from modern coin collecting. David Vagi (the expert) is a well known, published expert on Roman coins. I have collected them for many years. The $200,000 coin he referred to is extremely rare in that high of grade and highly desired by top collectors and museums. The coin in question is often seen in the condition shown and is priced accordingly. You can buy some genuine, 2000 year old coins that are still identifiable for $10 or less. People who say otherwise are ill informed. Just do an ebay search.
Rick is correct. "Market value" is what people agree to buy and sell it for. So this demonstrated the coin's actual market value was below the guy's asking price.
even if he said it sold at 4000 i doubt rick would go much higher than 2000 for it. Pawn Shops are notorious for low balling you, they are not there to pay you full retail value, in the end if they cant make 50% profit off you they wont buy it.
He's the expert. And a quick google search proved that he was in fact right. In fact it took me 2 minutes to find a coin with the other half of this strike still fully visible going for 15.5k. There was quite a few results for this particular coin. As far as collector's coins go these seem pretty abundant (which makes sense seeing as how this was one of the more common coins when compared to say the uncommon bronze or hard to find gold coins with ceasers portrait). I found another in slightly better condition than this with some heavy wear (but all the letters still present) going for 3k. 1.5k seems to be the going rate for these coins in similar condition (although this particular one was worse off than the one's I am finding online) although not a lot seem to be selling. Mind you that these aren't exactly the most rare coins out there. The ones that do go for 200k are in fact quite great indeed. In fact there is one in an Australian museum I found that is near mint condition (for a coin this old) with just some slight wear along the edges (but not on the strikes) and I couldn't find any other online results for any of these coins in "great" condition. Just because you have an opinion doesn't make it true. There is a supply and demand curve on every market and the experts that deal with type of stuff daily are going to be pretty accurate with every thing they say.
@@MrTerror923 pawn shops don't low ball bevause they need to make at least 50% profit. They low ball because these items don't fill immediately and will sit for a while as the shop owner pays out of pocket. On top of that they need margins for authentication, repacking, storage, upkeep, and auntion. If you really want full value then you'd sell it yourself. People that go to pawn shops go for the convince and to save the hassel which means in turn they have to give something up. With the large numbers this shop deals with per episode especially in the market that they operate in you'd expect these guys to be rich in the tens of millions especially seeing as how they have "50%" margins but when you see that despite being in the game for as long as this family has they have a combined net worth in the 8 million range despite also being TV celebrities you'd quickly realise that these guy's don't make as mucb profit as you think (or should I say assume).
thats the whole point of making 50% profit because things sell slowly especially niche and expensive stuff unless you have a go to buyer. Obviously the more expensive the item the lower profit % you would go. However buying something at or close to its value that you know is not gonna sell is very very stupid, and bad as you never know if it will go down in value or sell at all.
Not really. David Vagi (the expert) is a well known, published expert on Roman coins. I have collected them for many years. The $200,000 coin he referred to is extremely rare in that high of grade and highly desired by top collectors and museums. The coin in question is often seen in the condition shown and is priced accordingly.
Cashier: that will be 5$ sir Rick: I'l give you 1.75$ final offer Cashier: No sir, the price is 5$ Rick: There is no money to be made I'm taking all the risk here Cashier: what risk? Rick: Let me call in my cereal expert to take a look at this
Let me call someone and I’ll tell him you’re asking $4,400 so he can appraise it lower than that. I don’t know why people say exactly the amount they want. I’d ask for 15k so Ricks expert can say 8-10k.
This dude is a cheese ball
He looks like me
:-/
David Warren....cheese ball is one way to describe him. I would prefer...douchebag toolbox.
enRuTuu 60 facts
Yep, he acted like a jerk, trying to play hardball with Rick. Market value is what the market is willing to give you for it, end of story. If you think it's worth more than anyone is willing to pay you for it, then don't sell. This isn't rocket science.
Russian cheese ball
"I'm not gonna take a lowball offer.." *goes to a Pawnshop*
If you're lucky enough to get on this show you don't have to take a lowball offer.
Let me call a buddy of mine, he has lived during the first century
SlivRocks 😂 good one
*Dying of laughter* 😆
Meet my buddy. He works for me so he will tell you it’s worth much less then the actual value
SlivRocks take your time good sir I’ll wait in the store for him
First century BC*
if you 'appreciated it's true historical value' you'd keep it instead of making a quick buck
Yeah I agree. If someone told me it was only worth $1,500, I’d probably keep it because it’s really cool.
Jordan Brown “only worth 1500$” youre just rollin in 100s arent you lmfao
KING_JONAH1 apparently you’re not even rolling in 10s if you think 1500$ is a lot of money lmao. That’s not even 1 months rent for most people
I’d sell it
Dylan Novey I’m glad someone agreed they would 😂 I would also sell it
0:46 Shawty in the back.
Premium Content thicc
Thanks fam
i wonder how much is that😂😂
Yum
1:47.. she is back..
$1000 is an insult to the Caesar community
Guillermo Rodriguez lol I remember that pez episode
I watched the pez man last night lol
This pez dispenser has Caesar's head on it. Many historians believe this is one of the reasons that he was murdered.
The pez guy was a total dirtbag.
Julius caesar and mr.brown got along famously.
Dude , its a pawn shop they are not interested in the historical value but in the monetary value.
They're in history channel
@@mrchelnacs2896 Hahahahahahahaha. The "History" Channel!
Ancient Aliens
Hahaha, lol, this comment from a moron😂😂😂😂
Exactly. It is not a museum it is pawn shop. As for the history channel thing, we learned its history , mission accomplished lol
2:46 baby girl I see you...
Id tap that!
:46
How much she wants for it?
@@Zimmy_1981 best I can do is 12 Canadian dollars and I'm taking a huge risk
0:45 is a better shot lol
Pawn shops are usually the first place I can think of to take something of historical value to be appreciated.
Doesn't matter. This famous pawn shop gave him exposure.
@@fifteenbyfive Exposure is all he was there for. Many have even marketed their items as 'featured on Pawn Stars' to get more $
@@SSS-bd6li That's right. And to remind the relevancy, it's not at the first place that Jane could think of.
This is the same guy who tries to sell $50 Morgan dollars for $1000 on eBay after marking it down $600 and calling that 60% off. He calls himself an author because he wrote a pamphlet directing people to his coin store. He gives you a certificate of authenticity with every purchase. He has a huge inventory, but he sells it for 10x what it's worth. What he was asking for here is almost reasonable.
I like how he stayed professional even in the face of such douchebaggery
True professional 🤣
I love the way they edit Rick's breathing at 1:21
"let me get my dad, he knew Ceaser"!!!!
4:00
Fake Laugh Alert🚨
As someone who has spent years studying Rome, the empire, Juluis Caesar and his literature, I woul definitely laugh in his face at a $1000 offer.
Hahaha what a story, Marc.
Who else got distracted by that in the background at 0:47
Thanks for pointing her out!
Bro, I just commented about it at around 2:45 and I didn't see it at 0:46. 😂
Thristy kid!
Great call. I concur..
Nope not till I read the comments lmao
I have 3 Julius Caesar coins. Two have been featured on my channel!
"Your loss my friend". My 'friend', Rick is worth well over $10million, I really don't think he even remembers you.
0:46 Shawty in the back.
1:36 Rick suggests he gets someone to look at it
1:47 Shawty still in same area of shop
.... Staged. The “someone to look at it” guy appeared in blink of an eye 🧐
of course it is, the real question is to what extent. i'd say, people submit what they wanna sell and they expert, that are real experts that lie around the shop/las vegas area, do their research when its filming time. or did you think they just wait with cameras all day waiting for someone to show to pawn sth interesting and then call the expert and expect he or she knows absolutely everything regarding value? WOW
Especially when she bends over the counter later on in the video. Oh, honey. Ohhhh yeahh. Ughhhh
"It's old, it's worn, vending machines won't accept it. I think $8 is more than fair."
Yeah... He appreciates it's true historical value... But he still wants to sell it.
The dude ask's for the price like he's at the drive thru
That is like the holy grail of girls in the backround of Pawn Stars videos.
Never saw the face.. Then again with the lights off every girl can look like Scarlett Johanson
@@Spetsnaz--21 who cares about the face?
Mr brown would famously approve
@@edenuccio3690 Y.A tittle shot his nut and she caught the nut.
Ortiz let me call a buddy
This guy is a snob, didn’t get what he wants and started crying after he heard the real value
Nah he is right that the value of it is way more. And rick lowball everyone. Good that he didnt sell it
Yuval Grossmann No Those coins aren’t worth as much as you would think. There are a lot of them and not a lot of collectors.
Lord Bunbury are you sure? There are hundreds of thousands of ancient coin collectors around the world, myself included. Plus, this coin is exceedingly rare, even for an early Roman denarius. Remember he said ~30 days before his death? That means that they were only made for about a month, as coinage cannot be produced with a dead emperor on it, with few exceptions (this isn’t one).
@@joshdouglas5208 Rome was huge and very very advanced for its time
It is called The Greater Fool Theory----look it up. Rick made the right decision.
Yup
100%
wow i wiki'd that and learned something new
Learned something cool thanks 👍👍
oh cool
This dude has anger issues. It oozes out of him. Ladies run
O girl in the back tho 🍑🥺
0:46
The seller seems like he was a sandwich short of a picnic.
4:37 I like what this man has to say.
The guy isn't even thinking of retail value just historical value
Dmac 740 not in a pawn shop
Rick: He lived during the Julius Caesar period so he knows what hes talking about, i'll give you 1000$.
This guy is top of the leaderboards on the spectrum
Honestly if i had that amazing rare piece of history, i wouldn't have let anyone go near it
Something wrong with this guy. I swear he looks crazy
I think hes a delusional schizophrenic
Russian incest will do incredible things to offspring
@@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un 😂😂
Queen Elizabeth II you mean like the incest within the royal family? “Queen Elizabeth”
..the seller looks insane in the membrane!
This seller is the hero the TH-cam comments have been waiting for.
Dave, has been in the coin business, his entire life.. I'm going to take his opinion... Dude no older than 30..😂🤣
Dope dude
Brian Cle not since the beginning of when the humans came to existence, this expert does give legitimate value
Dave started working at the coin shop 2 months earlier....
he frickin runs NGC ancients. Ill take his word over the Psychopath's.
I collect coins. You never sell a coin to a pawn shop for a few reasons.
1. You will never get collector price. A coin that is valued let's say at 1000.00 many collectors will pay you a more because THEY WANT that coin to complete a certain collection within the coin collection. Bring it to Auction where coins are sold or sell direct. Serious collectors sometimes have no problem paying double the market value if that's the coin they are looking for.
2. Pawn shops rarely sell coins in their establishment unless noted. They will sell it at auction. They will give you a pawn shop price (usually half or less) then they will sell it easily at auction at market value. You lose.
For instance if you Bring in a 19th century let's say 1887 Morgan Dollar in Excellent condition you will maybe get a few dollars more than the silver price chart. (20 bucks maybe 25 if you are a good negotiator) but if you bring it to a Morgan Dollar Collector they will give you 35-50 bucks for it without hesitation.
When your dealing in coins. A pawn shop isnt even an option to sell to honestly.
Expert: It's worth $1,500.... Seller: How about $4,000? 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
He says coin has wear on it...Mby 2000 years has something to do with it....Smart decision to not sell it...
This is extreme wear for even this coin. I found one with the dictator part still fully visible going for 15.5k after a price reduction. And it seems like this coin is pretty readily available as far as collecters coins go in the heavy wear to decent condition range. In fact there was quite a few results for this coin in much better condition in the 30-55k range and some semi decent (which isn't something I would ever use for this particular coin after seeing the online results) coins in the 5-15k range. This coin also is one of the more abundant one's from that time. The one one in near mint condition I could find seems to be one in a Australian museum with very little wear (which is also just limited to the edges mostly along the top of the coin). I can see how this voin didn't go for much.
Roman coins are very , very easy to find in low grade and turn up all the time.
@@markinnes4264 I've heard stories of Roman coins turning up all the way in Vietnam. It seems that aside from the Europe and Middle East spanning Roman Empire, the Romans also had trade posts, embassies, and commercial expeditions all over Europe, Africa and Asia.
Cool as they are, Roman coins are quite easy to find.
@@markinnes4264 I'm from the UK, it's very common to turn on the news and hear about some farmer digging up a literal pile of roman coins while he's planting some veg or whatever. I think a lot of Americans have a bit of a warped sense about how old is really old, as the USA is only around 250 years old. The pub I go to is older than the US, and it's not special in any way, it's actually owned by a franchise that has a bit of a tacky reputation.
@@slamblamboozled1245 ah, some good ol completely uncalled for America bashing. Good job. I'm so glad that you, as a professional on American opinions, could spare your valuable time to comment on a you tube video.
How to make rick laugh: wait for him to tell a joke
David sounds so chill i could listen him talking for hours
Super knowledgeable too!
A valid question wrapped in a snarky remark. I like this guy! (o:Þ
3:59 XD that guy was laughing and then a serious Face XDXDXDXD
The coin is not in great shape. It looks quite worn. Look on eBay, 1500 seems quite fair based on its condition. The only ones that go north of 3000 are in good shape
Thanks expert
well old as it is, ..I wouldn't expect it to be in good shape.
That guy tried to hustle the hustler what a guy.😂😂
haven't these "experts" ever heard of gloves!!!?
It's a pawn shop, not a museum
@Keith M That's besides the point. I saw experts complaining about fingerprints while examining the items bare handed. I think everything comes down to the item and not the location.
No need to wear gloves when handling ancient coins. That's part of the beauty of them
The coin is pretty worn. Fingerprints won't do anything. It's no proof coin.
Rick: Let me call a buddy of mine so i can Lowball you later,
Subs now young padawan.
Sputnik got a bit testy at the end. He's still mad about Drago.
4:02 THAT'S A EVIL SMILE 😈
I think he lives with his mom
XDDDDDDDDDDDD
@fast cash Umm, the result? XDDDD
@uwu グーチ owo Your mother must be very proud of you :D she seems to have raised you well :)
1:21 seems like he always has a miniature stroke when customers set their price
Clown knows what Rick will will offer and still keeps coming back
"HAHAHAHA"... :-/ "...is this a real offer"
Let me call a friend of mine, he was actually Caesar’s personal bodyguard
Let me call in a buddy who knows everything about Caesar. In walks Mark Antony.
this is a insult to the roman coin collecting community!
When are these people gonna learn not to give their asking price before he "calls his buddy who's a expert".
The "expert" in this case literally is one. Hes the director of NGC ancients the MOST reputable grading company when it comes to ancient coins.
Dude is wacked.
Angry he didn't get what he wanted and started having his own auction. Lol!
I'm kind of amazed that something that old would be valued so low. However, it apparently is more common of a coin than you would think compared to other coins on that era, also the condition is an issue.
I'd buy the thing for 1500-2000 just because it's so cool
Condition and the ruler's fame is what would make it much more valuable over later rulers like Gordian III
I wanna punch him 😂🤣😂🤣
He was actually proper respectful and polite at the start now t the end😂.....
The only reason people laugh at rick jokes is to get a lower price
Appraiser got hit with the question there really ahrd hahahaha
Roman coins are very , very easy to find in low grade and turn up all the time. I'm surprised it was even worth $1500. Just because something is old does not make it valuable. You can buy lots of 1st century Roman coins for under $100.
I have a lot
0:00 what was that🤣🤣😂
If the seller appreciates its true historical value then why is he trying to sell it for some cotton/linen printed yesterday?
Clearly he doesn't, but he does care about money as do pretty much every person alive even if they deny it. So finding someone who appreciates that historical value is in his best interest
Cause he can’t buy coke and hookers with Roman currency
Rick looked like he wanted to punch that guy.
So basically because it doesn’t look brand new after 2000 years the price goes from 200 000 to 1000
Thats what people pay for it, probably because there are lots of worn ones and not many good ones
yes because the fact that a 2000 year old coin looks brand new is impressive
Customer: I have a briefcase with 1 million dollars inside.
Rick: I will give you $5 for it.
Customer: $20
Rick: too much, come back if you change your mind.
yo why tf this guy looks like sheen from jimmy nuetron?
Finally somebody smart walks in 😂😂😂
You have no appreciation for it either buddy. I always sell what I don’t care about.
1500 seems insanely low. Should be at least 5K
Look on ebay simpletons. These things are all over.
Maybe cause 70% are fakes???
Lol people hating on him because he stuck to his guns. I respect that he knew what he wanted and didn't take anything less than that.
Mexico Korea but he didn’t know what he was talking about so he’s just an idiot who stuck to his guns history is full of them 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dude is trying to be sophisticated and just does not fit the bill. He looks like he found it, thought it was a regular coin, buddy told him it was expensive, and tried to sell it for the first price he saw on google.
I agree. Looks like hes a mafia wanna be
Disagreeing with Dave is like disagreeing with Rebecca. Some things you just don’t do!
Im superised Rick didnt ask how he got the coin to begin with
0:16 that fake laugh😂
Omg lol up to 200K but ofcourse the one the seller has has some "tear" on it so now its worth 1500..... These experts are some scammy people
There are loads of these on earth. Mostly in used condition. If not then they are special. They find buckets of thousands of them fairly often in the UK simply by metal detecting. They used to chuck them in wells. Hide them in jars. 1/4 of all humans on earth used their coins. NOW this is a extremely notorious coin. Very much so. But have no illusions : I suspect Rome minted a half million of these bad boys even in 30 short days, and shipped them from Jerusalem to London and paid salaries with them. Hence the uproar over the face. Rome was INCREDIBLY rich. It's not even a joke to say it. They were ROLLING in it.
@@con_boy 1/4 of humans may have used Roman coins, but over a period of 1400 years, also, the UK isn't actually that packed with finds, us metal detectorists find almost nothing most hunts, and I myself have only found 1 bronze Roman coin in 3 years of detecting, and know many others who have had to wait longer, hoards are a very rare thing, and Julius Caesar is particularly rare to find because he was the first emperor to land here, so a Roman monetary system hadn't been developed yet. A hoard of ANY Roman coins is an extremely rare find, often valued in the hundreds of thousands and displayed in the most prestigious museums we have. Rome may have been rich, but they kept it to themselves
@@viperdetecting4425 thanks for the info, but I suspect it doesn't contradict what I am saying, firstly from England to Israel you will find these coins.. secondly, how many detectorists find one every 5 years? perhaps one every 5 years? you multiply that across every country form here to Israel and every detectorist, that is a surprising large number. lastly a lot of the easier to find ones have *been* found. that is important it means they are already among collectors. At my university in Newcastle they found a temple to Mithras filled with all sorts of things. Also Romans did have the notion of wishing wells and regularly used them.. while *most* of those wells were plundered and remelted long ago not ALL of them have been
I agree with the seller of the coin! No way and no how would I sell such a coin for such a low price.
I would want the worn coin. Just think of all the people could of held that!
james harris yup a ton of germs
1000 dollars for a Julius Caesar coin?! Haha rick makes me laugh sometimes
Being that it's worth $1500, and he would probably sell it to the first person to offer $1200 for it, not much to laugh at. You obviously don't know how businesses work. You can't buy something for $3-4k when you are going to take a huge loss.
A coin that was made over 2,000 years ago and belonged to one of the most influential and most powerful empires in human history and it's only worth 1,000 dollars is ridiculous.
Are you the guy?
Indeed, and because they were so influential (spanned from europe to the middle east and the top of africa) those coins are quite prevelent. They don't have demand going for them. Especially in the crappy condition it was in.
it didn't belong to Ceaser it had his face on it
Antique coins are not always as expensive as they might appear. I've seen some coins sell for thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars. I bought the same coins for $100. Difference? Age, condition, how it was altered or not altered...there's a million variables...but most antique coins - in fact most antiques, period - are not worth huge amounts of money.
4400 for a 2000 years old coin, what’s wrong with this people
There are many of those out there. I have things that are far older than 2000 years old, they are worth in the hundreds. Supply and DEMAND
I have several rocks that are millions of years old. You interested?
@@easterlake I got ya beat, I have a whole backyard full of rocks that are billions of years old! Just because it's old...
I see your point of view...
David Vagi (the expert) is a well known, published expert on Roman coins. I have collected them for many years. The $200,000 coin he referred to is extremely rare in that high of grade and highly desired by top collectors and museums. The coin in question is often seen in the condition shown and is priced accordingly and correctly.
Good job !
All these people who know nothing about ancient coin values in the comments lol. Rick made the right choice.
Rick and his so-called expert have no clue. First rule of handling old artifacts...wear gloves. Even a 10 year old knows that. $1500 is laughable for anything...coin, belt, shoe, ect., that's from 2000 years ago.
CHAMELEONHERMAN: You are right. Ancient coins are routinely handled without gloves. The oils are even considered good for the coins. It's a very different world from modern coin collecting. David Vagi (the expert) is a well known, published expert on Roman coins. I have collected them for many years. The $200,000 coin he referred to is extremely rare in that high of grade and highly desired by top collectors and museums. The coin in question is often seen in the condition shown and is priced accordingly. You can buy some genuine, 2000 year old coins that are still identifiable for $10 or less. People who say otherwise are ill informed. Just do an ebay search.
Look in its side it looks like An Armadillo Animal 😂🤣 hope it don't run away😂🤣
"I absolutely love it!!" So I will sell it for a few thousands bucks
Rick is correct. "Market value" is what people agree to buy and sell it for. So this demonstrated the coin's actual market value was below the guy's asking price.
Rick got caught low balling, the guy was like wtf just cuz your expert says it sells for 1k doesnt mean thats true
even if he said it sold at 4000 i doubt rick would go much higher than 2000 for it. Pawn Shops are notorious for low balling you, they are not there to pay you full retail value, in the end if they cant make 50% profit off you they wont buy it.
He's the expert. And a quick google search proved that he was in fact right. In fact it took me 2 minutes to find a coin with the other half of this strike still fully visible going for 15.5k. There was quite a few results for this particular coin. As far as collector's coins go these seem pretty abundant (which makes sense seeing as how this was one of the more common coins when compared to say the uncommon bronze or hard to find gold coins with ceasers portrait). I found another in slightly better condition than this with some heavy wear (but all the letters still present) going for 3k. 1.5k seems to be the going rate for these coins in similar condition (although this particular one was worse off than the one's I am finding online) although not a lot seem to be selling. Mind you that these aren't exactly the most rare coins out there. The ones that do go for 200k are in fact quite great indeed. In fact there is one in an Australian museum I found that is near mint condition (for a coin this old) with just some slight wear along the edges (but not on the strikes) and I couldn't find any other online results for any of these coins in "great" condition. Just because you have an opinion doesn't make it true. There is a supply and demand curve on every market and the experts that deal with type of stuff daily are going to be pretty accurate with every thing they say.
@@MrTerror923 pawn shops don't low ball bevause they need to make at least 50% profit. They low ball because these items don't fill immediately and will sit for a while as the shop owner pays out of pocket. On top of that they need margins for authentication, repacking, storage, upkeep, and auntion. If you really want full value then you'd sell it yourself. People that go to pawn shops go for the convince and to save the hassel which means in turn they have to give something up. With the large numbers this shop deals with per episode especially in the market that they operate in you'd expect these guys to be rich in the tens of millions especially seeing as how they have "50%" margins but when you see that despite being in the game for as long as this family has they have a combined net worth in the 8 million range despite also being TV celebrities you'd quickly realise that these guy's don't make as mucb profit as you think (or should I say assume).
thats the whole point of making 50% profit because things sell slowly especially niche and expensive stuff unless you have a go to buyer.
Obviously the more expensive the item the lower profit % you would go.
However buying something at or close to its value that you know is not gonna sell is very very stupid, and bad as you never know if it will go down in value or sell at all.
Not really. David Vagi (the expert) is a well known, published expert on Roman coins. I have collected them for many years. The $200,000 coin he referred to is extremely rare in that high of grade and highly desired by top collectors and museums. The coin in question is often seen in the condition shown and is priced accordingly.
@0:45 that girl in pink shirt looks good asf, 🤪🤪🤭 Rick was Staring her down lol!
This man has psychological issues
Cashier: that will be 5$ sir
Rick: I'l give you 1.75$ final offer
Cashier: No sir, the price is 5$
Rick: There is no money to be made I'm taking all the risk here
Cashier: what risk?
Rick: Let me call in my cereal expert to take a look at this
Its just super sad how they lowballed so many people on that show
gimpyone Like Richard Rawlings does on Fast and Loud
Clearly you’ve never been to a PAWN SHOP. They all do that, it’s not a auction house. Jesus.
@@brettlively6115 Ive been to pawn shops but this one that got major business lowballs people and they but into it without question. Unbelievable
Let me call a buddy of mine. He was Julius Caesar roommate.
Let me call someone and I’ll tell him you’re asking $4,400 so he can appraise it lower than that.
I don’t know why people say exactly the amount they want. I’d ask for 15k so Ricks expert can say 8-10k.
when you ask Rick for more than 50 bucks 1:22
Creep...
Your lost my friend! Love this guy!