Thursday, 2. October 2008
Topic: NEWS english - on October 2, 2008 at 12:50:00 PM CEST
£1m banknote auctioned for £78K
A £1m Treasury note has fetched £78,300, twice the expected price, at an auction in London.
The note, numbered 000008, was issued after World War II in connection with the Marshall Aid Plan.
The Marshall plan was a programme of funding given to Western Europe by the United States to help with recovery after the 1939-45 conflict.
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