Name: Pawn Stars: A Seller's Ridiculous Offer for a Ben Franklin Medallion (Season 11) | History
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I have something you might be interested in here.

This is a Benjamin Franklin terracotta plaque.

These were really popular in France back in the late 1700s.

I got this through my grandfather's estate.

and I figured it's gotta be worth something.

I'm coming down here looking for $10,000.

$10,000 is going to buy me a lot of textbooks.

started making these plaques, and they were hanging them

on their wall because everyone loved him because he

Ben Franklin is arguably the most loved founding father,

but that doesn't mean everything associated

And even though this terracotta medallion

I'm assuming it was put in this box later,

you know, years down the road and they glued it to the back,

so I don't know if that's going to be a big deal.

How much are you looking to get out of it?

been over 20 years ago, and to tell you the truth,

I can't remember what it was worth back then.

But I do have a buddy who lives and breathes this kind

So if you don't mind hanging out for a little bit,

to say about my piece and shed some light

Ben Franklin terracotta thingy I remember from, like,

20 years ago, but I'm not exactly sure what I remember.

It is a Ben Franklin terracotta medal made by an artist

of the American Revolution in some sense.

1778, he signed the agreement with France which

and he was a natural subject for an object

like this which was intended to be sold to the general public.

Does it really hurt the value the glue on the back of it?

Well, it doesn't actually hurt the value.

What's important is the front of the piece.

These are not very common, and this one's

You know, they're worth, to a collector, $1,500 to $2,000,

You know, they were never worth quite that much,

but there was a time that this might have been worth $5,000.

If you wanted to go out and buy 20 of them in six months,

So obviously you're not going to get $10,000 for it.

I'm assuming I'm going to get that for it.

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Pawn Stars: A Seller's Ridiculous Offer for a Ben Franklin Medallion (Season 11) | History

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