According to U.S. Currency Auctions, an uncirculated $2 bill from 1890 could be sold for over $4,500. But Dave Coconate, of West Town Jewelry and Loan, said a bill like that is “ridiculously rare.”
Russ Bega, an expert in coins and paper money, says he received about a dozen calls Wednesday after a story of a $2 bill worth almost $5,000 began circulating online.
Unfortunately, Bega had to inform all those who called that their bills were only worth $2.
“A lot of these stories, they get people’s hopes up and my staff and I call ourselves professional dream crushers,” Bega, of Harlan J. Berk Ltd., told the Sun-Times.
According to U.S. Currency Auctions, an uncirculated $2 bill from 1890 could be sold for over $4,500.
But Dave Coconate, of West Town Jewelry and Loan, said a bill like that is “ridiculously rare.
