A man who got an unusual 'faceless' £10 note reckons it could net him a fortune if he flogs it at auction.
Peter Coleman, 72, withdrew some cash from an ATM and was shocked to spot that the Queen's face was completely missing from the tenner note.
The grandfather then tried to spend the note at a shop but was told by the worker she couldn't accept it as it wasn't real.
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However, she then scanned the cash and confirmed it was legit but at this point Peter thought he'd rather hold onto the rare note.
Speaking to the Sun, he said: "The assistant initially told me that they couldn't take the note because of the Queen's blank face, but eventually told me it was fine.
"I told her that I would rather keep it because it was so unusual
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"I'm definitely up for auctioning the note, if anyone would even want to have it.
"I just thought that it was very unusual and that it could be a sign."
He's now hoping that a collector might be interested in his note and is going to attempt to sell it at auction.
He added: "That little visit to the cash machine could make me rich."
And unusual notes and coins can earn the big bucks - last year, someone sold a rare Battle of Hastings 50p coin for more than £63,000 on eBay.
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The coins were issued in 2016 to mark the 950th anniversary of the battle between King Harold II and William the Conqueror.
Despite selling for 126,000 times the price that it says on the coin, the Battling of Hastings 50p isn't the rarest coin out there - in fact, 6.7 million of them entered circulation in 2016.
ChangeChecker expert Alexandra Siddons told Mirror Money: "Values for coins tend to vary every now and then and it could be that demand for 50ps has gone up because we're seeing less change used right now because of coronavirus.
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"The ones with historical anniversaries tend to do better amongst collectors - and this one sparked a clear pricing war.
"That said, there are other Battle of Hastings 50p coins on eBay selling for £2, so do your research.
"We often have random coins that we don't expect to take off that much that sometimes they just skyrocket. That could be the explanation here.
"What we do know is that this isn't the most sought after 50p in circulation. These are the Kew Gardens or Jemima Puddle-Duck editions.
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"If you have one and are looking to list it, contrary to this listing, uncirculated coins tend to sell better statistically."
Featured Image Credit: Sun SyndicationTopics: Interesting, UK