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U.S. $20 bill printed on top of a fruit sticker

Started by Jaymz, Jan 06 2006 11:37 PM

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#1 Jaymz

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:37 PM

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DALLAS (AP) - A $20 bill mysteriously printed on top of an ordinary fruit sticker sold Friday for $25,300 US, an auction company official said.

The flawed note bears a red, green and yellow Del Monte sticker next to Andrew Jackson's portrait.

The buyer at the auction in Orlando, Florida, did not want to be identified, said Dustin Johnston, director of auctions for Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers of Dallas.

The 1996 bill originated at a U.S. Treasury Department printing facility in Fort Worth, but how the fruit tag found its way onto the paper of the greenback is unknown.

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Wow ;)

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:42 PM

Thats pretty cool, but sounds like back in 1996 somebody forgot to keep their lunch out of the printing room.

How much trouble do you think that guy would be in?

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:45 PM

View PostDakota, on Jan 7 2006, 12:42 AM, said:

Thats pretty cool, but sounds like back in 1996 somebody forgot to keep their lunch out of the printing room.

How much trouble do you think that guy would be in?

With the amount of bills printed at a time, I doubt they caught it. I bet it was done on purpose, a prank by a worker...

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 02:55 AM

Wow... That would be neat to find something like that. Thanks for sharing that story Jaymz. ;)

Best Regards,

Jason ;)

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 05:08 AM

View PostCanen Art, on Jan 7 2006, 07:55 AM, said:

Wow... That would be neat to find something like that. Thanks for sharing that story Jaymz. B)

Best Regards,

Jason ;)
ditto.
Though i wonder who would buy it if they wanted to be kept anonamous...? ;)

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 06:02 AM

View PostBryn, on Jan 7 2006, 10:08 AM, said:

ditto.
Though i wonder who would buy it if they wanted to be kept anonamous...? ;)

Becuase alot of people whould prolly send him stuff and contact him a say hes a retard for buying a 20$ bill with just a sticker on it for $25,300

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Posted 08 January 2006 - 08:03 AM

If he's anonymous it makes it easier for conmen to con people into thinking their fake is the real thing :P

It does seem wierd buying it anonymously though - I mean, there's only so much pleasure he can get out of it alone. I would imagine if I had such a rare not I would be boasting to everybody and in the process staying anything but anonymous :P
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