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An ordinary fruit sticker that mysteriously ended up on a $20 bill could spur collectors to drive up the price at an auction Friday.
The "banana note" bears a bright red, green and yellow Del Monte sticker next to Andrew Jackson's portrait.
The flawed bill originated at a Treasury Department printing facility in Fort Worth, but just how the fruit tag found its way onto the greenback is unknown.
Daniel Wishnatsky of Phoenix paid just over $10,000 for the bill in a 2003 auction on eBay.
Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers of Dallas is auctioning the bill for Wishnatsky in Orlando, Fla.
The note is rare because the Bureau of Printing and Engraving diligently inspects and destroys flawed currency before it escapes the plant.
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