A $5 BILL with a unique element has the ability to be worth thousands of dollars if you have one in hand.
Normally when it comes to currencies, they are only worth around what their denominations are.
However, errors, which occur when mistakes are made in the printing or minting process, can make your items valuable.
One of them is an obstructed printing error, which is when another element that's not supposed to be on the bill gets printed on there anyway.
Recently, coin and paper money enthusiast Eric Miller (@thecoinchannel) revealed an example of an obstructed printing error that occurred on a $5 bill.
"Somebody found one of these with an impression of a paper clip printed on the bill," Eric said in a recent video.
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It wound up selling on Heritage Auctions for a whopping $21,150, according to a screenshot shown by Eric.
The paper clip can be found on the front side of the bill, which can be seen lying vertically over the signature and the green stamp.
But obstructed printing errors could even be worth more.
Arguably the most famous one of them all features a Del Monte banana sticker.
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On January 22, 2021, the note sold for a whopping $396,000.
Other examples of obstructed printing errors are band-aids, paper fragments, tape, and wood shavings, according to Heritage Auctions.
"If you ever find anything weird printed on money don’t disregard them! Printing facility mistakes are VERY valuable." Eric said in the comment section of his video.
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However, valuable bills can go beyond obstructed printing errors.
You might be able to score a ton of value if you happen to find a horse blanket note, which are larger-sized bills that were made during the 1800s and early 1900s.
To find one, you’ll want to look for paper currency with a $1,000 denomination that features former Union general George Meade.
One featuring the year 1890 sold for nearly $3.3 million.
Banknotes with certain serial numbers are also valuable.
For example, a $20 bill with mismatched suffixes in the serial numbers sold for $2,000.
On the top left, the number ends with a "D "while the one on the bottom right ends with an "F."
Letters are the same on non-error bills.
A $1 bill with a Star Note in one of the serial numbers but not the other sold for nearly $30,000.
And a crumpled $5 bill with a "solid" serial number could be worth more than $2,000.
This is when every digit in the serial number is the same.
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