United States $10,000 Federal Reserve Note Realizes Record Price of $456,000
Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) realized a record-setting
$456,000 in a sale presented by
Heritage Auctions. Three other PMG-graded notes also realized prices over $100,000 at the
Central States Currency Signature Auction, held April 21-23, 2021.
The
1928 $10,000 Federal Reserve Note (Kansas City) graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 22175) nearly doubled its pre-auction estimate of $250,000 and up. Only 10 of these 1928 Series notes are known to have survived, including two in museums, according to Heritage. This exceptionally rare piece is also the first of these notes known from the Kansas City District.
The $456,000 price set a new record for a piece of
PMG Certifies Famous “Del Monte” $20 Error Note Offered by Heritage
“Del Monte” error note – a
1996 $20 Federal Reserve Note printed over a
Del Monte banana sticker! The incredible “Del Monte Note” is being offered by
FUN Currency Sale, which has been rescheduled for January 21-25, 2021. Bidding is now open.
“I have seen a lot of numismatic errors, but this one is in a league of its own. You can’t help but smile when you look at it,” said
Mark Salzberg, Chairman of PMG. “PMG is thrilled to have certified this extraordinary piece of paper money history.”
In August 2003,
Numismatic News reported that an
Collectors going bananas for Del Monte-stickered $20 bill
Obstructed Printing Error with Retained Obstruction Fr. 2084-H $20 1996 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.
DALLAS, TX
When it s stuck to the front of a $20 bill.
Heritage Auctions will offer the famed Del Monte Note what is considered perhaps the most famous of all U.S. obstructed error banknotes at auction January 22 for the first time since 2006. That s when the note sold for $25,300 to a collector who fell in love with the $20 bill s backstory.
The obstruction caused a sensation among collectors of U.S. currency when it was discovered by an Ohio college student in the summer of 2004. The student received it as part of an ATM withdrawal and shortly thereafter posted it on eBay where it sold to the highest of 12 bids. Banknote collectors proclaimed the note a bargain when it sold at around $10,000 on eBay, as news of the note had barely hit the collecting community.