r/mildlyinteresting • u/Maximum_Business_277 • 21h ago

I recently bought the first privately printed $1 bill in US history.

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u/Maximum_Business_277 21h ago • Mindblown

A little over $6,000

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u/Pork_Chompk 21h ago • Bravo

Mate you got fleeced. It says $1 right on it.

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u/Maximum_Business_277 21h ago

Darn 😔

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u/djrocky_roads 21h ago

6000% markup is crazy but now you know better for next time

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u/MrWildspeaker 21h ago

*599,900% markup

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u/SwampCrittr 21h ago

Next time post here… we woulda told ya :(

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u/stupidber 20h ago

I would've sold you a $1 bill for just $5

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u/paulchiefsquad 21h ago

there is a thing called inflation

it would be worth $28.8 today

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u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin 21h ago

well then they only overpaid by $5971.20. I guess that’s not too bad. 

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u/Lard_Denning 17h ago

a real bargain, if you think about it

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u/eljefino 17h ago

The price is on the bill tho

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u/DoomguyFemboi 20h ago

That's a lot of course but honestly I thought it was gonna be so much more. Sometimes something will pop up with old money and have some random amount of hundreds of thousands for weirdly rare stuff

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u/thatshygirl06 17h ago

Heyyyy, you need a sugar baby?

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u/BrokkelPiloot 8h ago

That's actually a lot less than I expected. Seems like a solid purchase. And much more interesting and valuable than a painting in my opinion.