Extremely rare 1936 denomination from Bank of England’s Leeds branch sold online by Noonans

The American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that “money often costs too much”.

That pithy claim was justified in an online auction on Wednesday when a successful bidder paid £24,000 for a £500 banknote.

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