Loans against collateral: this business model has been profitable since ancient times — and it still works today.

In Germany, the pawnshop industry generates hundreds of millions of euros every year. Many customers deposit valuables to bridge short-term financial gaps. Sometimes, jewelry is turned into cash simply to erase memories of an ex-husband. And not every luxury watch placed on the counter in Bochum, Karlsruhe, or Dresden turns out to be genuine.

The protagonists of this series experience moving as well as bizarre stories.

Kings of Cash takes viewers behind the scenes of German pawnshops