How much will you give me for my false teeth?

How much will you give me for my false teeth?

If pawning the family silver signals a desperate need for cash, then what does handing over your own teeth say about your financial situation?

A set of gold false teeth was one of the more unlikely items offered to pawnbroker Nathan Finch.

"It wasn't the most pleasant of transactions but we did the loan," he says.

Jewellery is most common pledge as security for a loan, but during 30 years in the pawnbroking trade he says he has witnessed some more creative propositions from customers.

"Everything from designer handbags to Mont Blanc pens, and a lot of signed memorabilia; we even had people offer a racehorse and a fishing trawler," says Mr Finch, managing director of Pickwick Pawnbrokers.

"You never know what is going to come through the door. It can be a very small diamond ring in someone's hand or it can be a great statue under their arm."
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