A $5 "brown back" national bank note from 1882 just sold for an eye-popping $101,790, according to Bonhams.

The bill barely resembles the kind of money that is printed today. In fact, the bill is a relic from an era when there were more than 8,000 different kinds of money in the United States.

A podcast this week by NPR's "Planet Money" dove into the currency crazy world of pre-Civil War America.

Before to U.S. nationalized its currency, the American money system was flooded with a seemingly infinite number of currencies, from state banknotes to local banknotes and different forms of change. There were bills adorned with Confederate heroes. Even Santa Claus made a cameo appearance on a Boston banknote.

NPR's podcast coupled with the sale of the $5 "brown back" encouraged us to dig around for some of America's most eclectic antique money.

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