Raleigh father and son live by their coins and stamps

TO JOHN LENNON AND THE QUEEN OF

ENGLAND.

>>> THE STORY OF A FATHER AND

SON WHO HAVE MADE A LIVING BY

COLLECTING COINS AND STAMPS.

>> [BELL RINGING]

>> IT STARTED AS A HOBBY.

>> COLLECT ING

ING COINS.

>> NEXT THING I KNOW I'M HOOKED

ON COLLECTING.

>> COLLECTING STAMPS.

>> IT WAS

THE FIRST EVERY MADE.

>> A ONE

PENNY QUEEN VICTORIA.

>> 1840.

THERE'S MORE TO IT

THAN JUST WHAT YOU SEE.

>> MUCH OF IT IS WHAT PEOPLE

FAIL TO SEE.

>> YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BROUGHT IT

DOWN FROM THE ATTIC AND THEY

DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE.

>> HAVE YOU FOUND ITEMS THAT

ARE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY?

>> YES.

ABSOLUTELY. SOMETIMES

WE'LL FIND JUST THE DIAMOND IN

THE ROUGH.

>> 440 B.C.

THEY DID THIS BY

HAND.

IT WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE

OLD WORLD.

>> THEY ARE

RECOGNIZED IN

TODAY'S SON, FATHER AND SON,

MADDOX COINS AND STAMPS IN

RALEIGH.

>> WE BUY AND SELL BUT WE'RE

NOT A RETAIL STORE.

YOU NEVER

KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME IN THE

DOOR.

>> FAMILY IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHO

HAD REALLY A TRAILER FULL OF

STAMPS AND COINS.

WE'RE READY

TO SELL AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

HOW TO DO IT.

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU

SAW IT?

>> THIS WAS A FUN ONE.

>> WORTH A

FEW THOUSAND.

>> CON FED

FEDERATE -- CONFEDERATES

PIECE OF MONEY.

>> NORTH CAROLINA IS COLONY.

>> THE THIS

THIS ONE IS FROM BELGIUM IN

1947.

>> THE KINGDOM OF NAPOLIAN.

>> THE BACK

SIDE LOOKS LIKE AN

OR YEN TAL RUG.

>> IT DOES.

THAT'S NEAT.

>> WHEN I STARTED I WAS IN HIGH

SCHOOL.

>> HE EARNED MONEY THEN BUYING

AND SELLING COINS AND STAMPS.

>> DO YOU LIKE WORKING WITH

YOUR SON?

>> I DO.

>> EVERY DAY

WE GET TO SEE

HISTORY AND ART.

>> HISTORY AND ART ON THE

CURRENCY THAT COMES IN.

>> THIS FROM ALGERIA.

>> THE OWL

IS A SYMBOL OF

ATHENA IN ATHENS.

>> 440 B.C..

>> OFTEN TIME

S I HAVE FOUND

UNUSUAL AND SCARCE THINGS.

>> SOMETIMES THEY JUST GOT

LUCKY AND HAPPEN TO SAVE JUST

THE RIGHT COIN BY ACCIDENT.

>> IT'S THE FUN PART, SOLVING

THE MYSTERY OF THE OLD THINGS.

1838.

>> THE HISTORY LIVES.

>> YEAH.

I THINK SO.

>> FASCINATE ING

ING.

-- FASCINATING

THE HISTORY THEY'VE SEEN.

>> THAT'S WHY I LOOK THROUGH

PENNIES.

THEY ARE ON OVERLAND

ROAD IN RALEIGH.

>> IT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 40

YEARS.