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Holy Grail of paper money sells at auction for $2M
Baltimore auction house Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold a very rare and valuable ‘Grand Watermelon’ $1,000 bill for $2.04 million.
An extremely rare $1,000 bill described as the “Holy Grail of paper money” has been sold at auction for just over $2 million.
Auction house Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold the unusual bill for $2.04 million on Thursday evening at the 2018 Winter Whitman Expo in Baltimore.
The 1890 Treasury Note is dubbed the “Grand Watermelon” on account of the large green zeros on the back of the bill. Major General George Meade, the commander of Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg, is shown on the bill’s face.
Only seven “Grand Watermelon” notes are known to exist.
An extremely rare $1,000 bill described as the “Holy Grail of paper money” has been sold at auction for just over $2 million.
Auction house Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold the unusual bill for $2.04 million on Thursday evening at the 2018 Winter Whitman Expo in Baltimore.
The 1890 Treasury Note is dubbed the “Grand Watermelon” on account of the large green zeros on the back of the bill. Major General George Meade, the commander of Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg, is shown on the bill’s face.
Only seven “Grand Watermelon” notes are known to exist.