Stack’s Bowers Auctions the “Holy Grail of Paper Money” in Baltimore
Stack’s Bowers has made history, yet again, at the Whitman Baltimore Winter Expo, selling a rare 1890 “Grand Watermelon” Treasury Note for more than $2 million dollars.
Fox News reports
Only seven “Grand Watermelon” notes are known to exist. “The Grand Watermelon note is one of the rarest and most sought-after pieces of American paper currency,” said Stack’s Bowers President Brian Kendrella, in a statement. “This is one of only three known to exist in private collections and the finest example of its kind.”
