The reality TV star who raised eyebrows when he paid £1,200 for new Churchill £5 note has already been offered £7,000 for it
Storage Hunter's Jesse McClure can't decide what to do with his prized possession
A REALITY TV star who splashed £1,200 on a new £5 note claims it was good investment - because he's already been offered £7,000 for it.
Jesse McClure, who was made famous on America's Storage Hunter show, says he's now at a loss as to what to do with his unique posession which has the serial number AA01 000020.
He had planned to snap up an even lower serial numbered note while at Spink auction house in London earlier this month.
But he was outbid and it eventually sold for a whopping £4,150.
Jesse told : "People think I'm crazy paying £1,200 for a £5 note.
"However, I have had an offer of £7,000 for the note from a serious investor.
"That might sound like an even madder sum, but this £5 note is a seriously good investment."
It's now down to him to decide what to do with his prized posession.
People think I'm crazy paying £1,200 for a £5 note.
Jesse McClure
He says he could hand it over after the offer from his investor or sell it at his family's Los Angeles auction house.
He's even considering locking it away in a safe for the future.
Jesse added: "The Queen has the first batch of notes off the presses.
"This note is not far away from the early serial numbers. Plus it looks good, the 000020 being a round number."
A a £5 with the AK47 serial number sold for a staggering £80,100 on eBay earlier this month.
It's after a flush of gangster wannabes rushed to bid on the rare note, which is not only and early edition fivers, but the AK47 aspect gives it an extra mobster appeal – ripe for Instagram bragging.
Thousands of sellers have auctioned off new five pound notes on eBay with the online giant forcing the bids to go ahead.
This is the latest example of someone making some serious cash from the £5 note, with dad-of-three Tim Michell bagging a hefty £1,000 with his plastic notes.
eBay told the Sun Online: “When you bid on eBay you enter a binding contract (which is why you have to be over 18 to use the site).
“Where we believe there is unhelpful bidding activity we will take an active role in monitoring the sale for the seller.”
Jesse also snapped up note AA01 000144 at the same auction.
He will be giving the note away to one of his Twitter followers in the coming weeks.
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