There were lots of fun notes offered at the FUN auctions this year. The one getting the most press is the error offered, "The Del Monte Note." There were many
Updated: 4:22 PM EST January 25, 2021
WASHINGTON A seemingly common item, a U.S. $20 bill, has just sold at auction for the eyebrow raising sum of $400,000.
The note was printed in error with a Del Monte Ecuador banana sticker on its façade, and became a must-have for collectors. The banknote has set some historical milestones since it was found by an Ohio college student in 2004, who received it as part of an ATM withdrawal, according to the auction house which just recently sold it.
According to Heritage Auctions, after it was first discovered in 2004, the $20 banknote was put up on eBay where it was sold for $10,000. Word of the bill spread in the collecting community and it was later sold again in 2006 for $25,300.
Nearly $400,000 For Del Monte-Stickered $20 Bill Sets World Record at Heritage Auction
$20 bill featuring a
Del Monte banana sticker to nearly $400,000 USD at a public auction of rare U.S. currency held by
The coveted banknote error sold to a bidder competing on Heritage’s live bidding platform,
HA Live. Pre-auction bidding lifted the bids to $210,000. From there, the winning bidder outlasted a determined phone bidder and two other live internet bidders, to push the final winning auction price to
$396,000. The price sets a world record for any error banknote ever sold. This was just the third time the note had been offered at public auction since its discovery in 2004.
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Collectors can be bananas.
A $20 bill with a sticker from food purveyor Del Monte on it is currently at auction for over $100,000, reports Delish.
The bill, referred to as the Del Monte Note, is an obscure piece of printed currency best known for the sticker permanently affixed to it.
This $20 Bill Is Selling For More Than $100,000 Because It Has A Del Monte Banana Sticker On It https://t.co/ucQoDoNq4h Delish.com (@DelishDotCom) January 21, 2021
Peculiarly, the Del Monte sticker ended up on the with the mark of the US treasury and the bill s serial number on top, indicating that it somehow got on the 20 early in the printing process.
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Collectors are going bananas over a $20 bill set to be auctioned off for at least $125,000.
A $20 bill with a Del Monte banana sticker permanently stuck to it with the U.S. Treasury marking and serial number printed over the top has a current high bid of $125,000 on Heritage Auctions. ( The Del Monte Note (Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com). )
The bill, dubbed The Del Monte Note, was first found by a college student from Ohio in 2004, after apparently withdrawing the bill from an ATM. The banana sticker is located to the right of President Andrew Jackson’s head, the result of an obstruction during printing.