being in a country where they broadcast the very early seasons of pawn stars only now (fun fact: on a sports channel
), it's interesting to see how rick&co and their shop have changed in the last years
just curious:
- how many shots did it take to record these 3mins?
- was the script dictated or was it a "free speech"?
- does Rick really know the stuff by heart or was it like "tomorrow we record an episode with a cas-coin, so inform yourself in advance"?
- what was your calculation to come up with your asking price? (besides error coin)
So the filming took like 45 minutes. Had to answer the same questions like 5 different times, same with the intro and outro. Also they made me come up with a joke for the end hence the "Bit too much coin" haha
The conversation was pretty free, although they cut out pretty much everything I said which is kinda lame.
Re Rick, they have a research team that deep dives each item so pretty sure he just reads the notes before the show then references stuff during the conversation. He mentioned the "call a spade a spade" and some other historical stuff so it was pretty well researched, wish they included the narrative about it being easier to explain Bitcoin with a physical coin rather than going the security route but oh well. He didn't really have any context on the difference in sale prices for these coins depending on rarity and grade, wish they had called in an expert! haha That being said he is pretty familiar with crypto as a whole, fairly certain he's been keeping up with things independently of the show.
Asking price for me was based on ~10x face value. Hard to really come up with a price. Not that many of the series 2 silver halves (45) and not that many yellow slabbed. Don't even want to talk about how much BTC I paid for it back in ~2015 so wasn't motivated to sell anywhere near spot.
Pretty neat. But be honest did you want to punch Rick right in the face when he offered you crypto and silver face value lol. Did you talk with Rick about it off camera. I know these are all scripted but generally wondering if he had any idea about these to begin with. Probably not, physical crypto is still niche and in its infancy. Either way a good watch always good to see physicals getting their due time in the spotlight!
Nah, kinda expected a low ball offer, I mean it's a pawn shop. Didn't expect him to give zero premium for rarity though! We didn't talk at all off camera. Been watching the show for quite some time so was a cool experience, and always good to get a spotlight on these amazing coins regardless of the offer
