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2008, BBC News reported, UK-based banknote collector fetched £78,300 Pounds for a £1,000,000 Bank of England World War II Treasury note s/n D-000008 dated August 30, 1948. That's $138,000USD. According to the Guinness Book of Records, this purchase as being the highest denomination in private ownership. And most importantly its with serial number #8.
The 1st Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was knowingly scheduled on 8/8/08 (August 8, 2008) at 8:00 p.m to bring certain luck, this clearly shows China wanted this date for The Opening Ceremony to be perfect and it was indisputably Golden to say the least.
A Telephone number 8888-8888 was sold for $270,723USD in Chengdu, China.
A man in Hangzhou, China offered to sell his license plate reading A88888 for $1.12 Million Yuan that's $160,000USD. Don't know whether its sold or not. I am sure it will be sold or probably have already.
In Hong Kong, a License Plate with just a single numbered "8" was purchased for $6.7 MillionUSD to a Billionaire Business Tycoon.