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.