How Does $5 Become $175? Just Add Lansdale

Ask anyone. How much is a $5 bill worth? The answer is usually obvious, right. It's worth $5. But, not this one.

Currently up for sale on Ebay.com, one $5 bill is actually worth $175. How did that happen? Just take a $5 bill, add time, a dash of Lansdale, and voila. There you have it.

Edelman's Coins & Stamps has the bill up for grabs on the popular auction site, Ebay. The company is in the "cash" business all the time.

"Edelman's buys, sells and appraises all U.S. and worldwide coins, gold, and silver bullion, antiques, estate jewelry, paper money, stamps, postal history and picture postcards," explains the company's website. The Jenkintown-based business has been locally-owned and operated for the last four generations, and has a wide expertise in local collectables.

This $5 bill has only a "tiny edge tear on the right side which should ne noted for accuracy," according to its description.

What makes it unique for a local collector? The stamp, of course. The bill, which was issued in 1929, includes the stamp from "The First National Bank of Lansdale."

Local buyers will need to add six percent sales tax for the state of Pennsylvania to purchase this gem. The seller, however, is offering free shipping.

To check out the $175 five, click here.

"We maintain a large stock of currency and coin supplies for the collector," said the Edelman's site.