Pawn Stars: Top 7 CRAZY RARE Civil War Items

for a few cents it's really a gamble depending on the buyer so I have to be cautious with my bid as a few thousand had different values ​​online than others. I think I can probably make some decent money with them it'll just take me a long time to do it I'll go up to 400 I'm not going to pay anymore even though I'm not really 600 and you got a deal I'll pay you five that's it you got a deal okay , brilliant. I'll pack this up and we'll meet there. In fact, I expected to be offered a lot less, so $500 is definitely a good reward.

It was worth doing a little research. How's it going? Yeah, what can I do? I'll help you with uh yeah, I have a

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war dog tag, okay, so it's a dog tag for a soldier, so the war of 1861, which is the Civil War, usually wars get names after this, this was just beginning and it wasn't like that. I still have a name. I collect and sell Civil War memorabilia and came across a Civil War dog tag from 1861. I checked some recent prices on these and am asking 1100 for the dog tag. This is cool, where did you get this thing? little antique show in New Hampshire, interestingly, it's marked as the war of 1861, okay, you know, Civil War soldiers would sometimes camp for months in one place, there were peddlers who followed these camps selling everything, from guns to pots and pans and this is how they made money during the war and this is one of those things, yes originally the government didn't issue dog tags but soldiers could buy them on their own it was a very early version of a nameplate, this could have been sold at any time during the war, probably during 1861, I guess just because I saw something that said 1861 2 and three, which was interesting and, the mystery, was that it didn't circulate, it wasn't issued or a soldier bought it and you know he never received it. stamped yeah, I guess it wasn't stamped, it could have been surplus or something, it doesn't have a name or anything mhm, how much do you want for it? 1100, do you mind if someone looks at it?

I just want to make sure it's real. Almost everything Civil War related has been remanufactured and they literally make a copy of everything so you want them to look at it. I also want to see if he has anything special. I'm glad an expert is going to review the item because I want to make sure it's a real Civil War dog tag or whatever they called it. Do you mind if I take a closer look? Oh okay that's nice the war of 1861 that's the Civil War of course at that time we didn't have any identification for troops on either side and if you died on the battlefield your body could be found and we wouldn't know who you were, so something like this even though it was broadcast privately.

The idea was good, maybe someone would know who you were when they found your body. Okay, you bought them from the settlers. The settlers were basically private traders who would set up their shops on the edge of wherever the troops were camped. If you wanted one of these. You could buy it from a suler, he would then stamp your name on it and you could put it on your clothes, you could sew it on your clothes, you could wear it on a strap around your neck if you wanted, the idea was to have it somewhere. where it wouldn't get lost, okay, so Rick, what are your concerns about that?

Well, is it real? Because I know they play everything because they do, yes, but this is a Civil War era pce. Well, is it one of the most common or one? Of the

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ones, this is one of the better known designs, so yes there are several of these out there, they usually have the name on the back, but not all, there were a few that didn't actually sell and just ended up being Surplus but this one yeah, this is a Civil War era P the ones people really like are the ones with the right name, thanks buddy, I appreciate it, no problem, very happy to meet you, nice to meet you, thanks, okay , so you want $1.00 for it, yeah ok I couldn't get close to that if it has a name you're getting close to that number mhm but it's not like that it's one of the most common ones I mean literally you I'll give like a hundred dollars for it.

Wow, yeah, I can't do that, but you know I appreciate you taking a good look at it, thanks man, change your mind, come back, okay, unfortunately we couldn't make a deal. Today I thought $100 was too low. I mean, I look at a lot of things at a lot of antique shows and I've never seen this item.