The image in this post shows the world's most expensive biscuit. You will be surprised to know that its value is around 23000 USD. Also you will be surprised to know that this is an ordinary cracker type biscuit that is around 108 years old. This kind of biscuits were manufactured in England around 1912. Although it is 108 years old it is still very safe in the possession of a nobleman in Greece. This is known as a valuable artefact related to the world famous tragedy Titanic.
This biscuit was found in a life jacket in a small lifeboat on the Titanic. It had been manufactured by Spillers and Bakers , a bakeryou company in London that made biscuit for dogs at that time. They also manufactured very light and cheap biscuits for the people during the war.
Newly weded James Fenwick and Marble Fenwick left London for their honeymoon on the MRS Carpathiya a cruise ship.
. Enroute to Washington the Carpathiya had the opportunity to rescue passengers who had survived the sinking of the Titanic on April 15 in 1912. The Fenwicks found the biscuit in the life jacket of a Titanic survivor and then safely encased it in Kodak photo envelope. He also did not forget to write " pilot biscuit found in Titanic lifeboat April 1912" on the front. The biscuit was auctioned in 2015 by London's Hendry Aldrige and sons Auction House and was bought by an unnamed Greek tycoon for 23000 USD.
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