Ultra-rare note error sparks eBay bidding war as £10 sells for 25 times its value – can you spot what’s wrong?
THIS ultra-rare £10 note triggered an intense eBay bidding war – and sold for a whopping £255 – but can you tell what’s wrong?
The note was advertised as having a “rare mint error” that’s related to its printing.
The £10 is certainly rare, sporting a completely blank side that left bidders baffled.
Sold in September, the tenner attracted a whopping 27 bids from those desperate to get their hands on the bizarre note.
The poster even manage to nab themselves an extra £12.95 just for delivery, all the way from Denmark.
A blank note of this kind is practically impossible to find elsewhere.
From our research, the only other £10 blank note we could find appeared to sell for £156.11 on eBay.
It comes as a rare 50p coin sold for 200 its usual value because it was missing a tiny “mark”.
The King Charles Atlantic Salmon 50p was advertised as having “no privy mark” on eBay.
It later sold for a whopping £102 following 23 bids from eager collectors.
A privy mark is a tiny crown symbol stamped onto some coins on the “heads” or “obverse” side – or on the rim.
In the case of the King Charles Atlantic Salmon 50p, first minted in 2023 in celebration of Charles‘ ascension of the throne, the privy mark is a small Tudor crown.
It can be spotted just behind the King’s head.
How to spot rare coins and banknotes
Rare coins and notes hiding down the back of your sofa could sell for hundreds of pounds.
If you are lucky enough to find a rare £10 note you might be able to sell it for multiple times its face value.
You can spot rare notes by keeping an eye out for the serial numbers.
These numbers can be found on the side with the Monarch’s face, just under the value £10 in the corner of the note.
Also if you have a serial number on your note that is quite quirky you could cash in thousands.
For example, one seller bagged £3,600 after spotting a specific serial number relating to the year Jane Austen was born on one of their notes.
You can check if your notes are worth anything on eBay, just tick “completed and sold items” and filter by the highest value.
It will give you an idea of what people are willing to pay for some notes.
But do bear in mind that yours is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it.
This is also the case for coins, you can determine how rare your coin is by looking a the latest scarcity index.
The next step is to take a look at what has been recently sold on eBay.
Experts from Change Checker recommend looking at “sold listings” to be sure that the coin has sold for the specified amount rather than just been listed.
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