Rare printing error – or creative addition by bored employee – makes 2004 banknote a collector’s item, auctioneer says
Officially, it is classified as “an obstructed printing error with retained obstruction”. In reality, it appears to be a simple slip-up.
A $20 banknote which had a sticker from a bunch of bananas attached to it before it was overprinted with security numbering is now up for auction at a Texas dealer, the rare error elevating its worth to $57,500, almost 3,000 times its face value.
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