This is one of those crazy numismatic auction stories I love reading and blogging about.
So, an 1870 $2 Canadian banknote recently sold for a staggering $360,000 USD (or about $518,000 CAD) at Stack’s Bowers Galleries' January 2025 auction. Not bad for a piece of just 2$. Almost as good as getting 2$ worth of btc back in 2010 😂
It's not only a super old piece of "paper" from Canada’s early years after Confederation but it also came in very good condition, driving the price sky-high... Proving how rich fucks will give literal fortunes for rare numismatic pieces that have long gone defunct:
According to the auction site, all Canadian 1870 $2 notes are difficult to find. However, this one is even more special. It's actually one of a kind which explains the crazy price it went for:
That changes now, with the discovery and our subsequent offering of the unique 1870 $2 payable at Victoria, British Colombia. Even the National Currency Collection lacks an example of this note, and until now, none were even rumored to exist. 24.000 notes were reportedly printed and shipped to the Pacific Coast, but all were lost to the sands of time, until this piece recently turned up in Europe.
Still, even it is one of a kind piece.. 360k usd just sounds so ridiculous 😄💲
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