A U.K. grandmother recently diagnosed with cancer is hoping her luck has changed after she noticed a misprint on a new plastic £5 (US$6.12) note. Gail Meikle, 51, from Bromborough, in Wirral, has put the fiver on sale on eBay and believes it could pay for a dream family Christmas. Her listing ended at 10 p.m. Friday night and there was an asking price and a bid of £1,699 that could have overtaken bids made in the auction just before it closed. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo on Saturday, Gail said she hoped to put the money towards Christmas with her daughter Samantha, 25, and granddaughter Naomi, 6. She said it would end 2016 on a high after being diagnosed with bowel cancer earlier this year. She told her local paper, “I didn’t expect to make any profit from one but a taxi driver was talking about how much they were worth and I realized I had one, which another taxi driver from a different firm gave me in my change. “It’s absolutely mad, there must be thousands out there with a misprint and everybody also seems to be looking out for the AK serial numbers.” She wrote on her eBay page, which has now been taken down, “Very Rare £5 note, printing error just below queens head, a line of 5’s below line and other out of liniments, AK09. Excellent condition, passed 2 hands, no marks, slight soft crease only but very good condition.” She said another fiver with what appeared to be a printing error recently sold for £1,945. Gail is also selling one of the notes with the serial number AA01, which has a starting price of £250. She added, “Earlier on this year I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and I had a major operation in May. I’ve got the all clear but it’s been a really tough year. Any money it makes will go towards the family. Everyone struggles at this time of year but it will make sure we can have a nice Christmas. It reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the golden ticket!” Earlier last week a dad-of-three revealed how he had made over £1,000 selling fivers. (SD-Agencies) | 