One of the best paying jobs in the world just might have been being a meat packer in Nebraska in early 2006 if you happened to be a part of a group of 8 that watched 15, 17, 43, 44 and 48, with a Powerball number of 29 drawn on February 18, 2006. Luckily for them those were the exact same numbers they selected and when the final ball fell those 8 meat packers were in possession of the world’s most expensive lottery ticket.

The ticket was worth a meaty $365 million but they opted for the instant payout and David Gehle, Chasity Rutjens, Dung Tran, Robert Stewart, Mike Terpstra, Alain Maboussou, Quang Dao and Eric Zornes each brought home the bacon in the sum of $15.5 million  USD.

On March 6, 2007, a Mega Millions jackpot worth $390 million was split by two tickets, although this was the largest lottery prize, each ticket was only worth $195 million.

In 1794 the US began issuing silver dollars, the first being the 1794 Liberty dollar.

A mere 216 years later a mint version of it took over the top spot as the world’s most expensive coin when it sold for $7,850,000.00 USD to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of Sunnyvale.

Originally there were roughly 1750 of the silver dollars produced but only some 150 are left in existence.

This sale broke the previous record price of $7.59 million for a U.S. 1933 $20 Double Eagle.

When Molly Sims was asked to pose for the centerfold of the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue she went all out by wearing the world’s most expensive bikini.

The bikini was designed by Susan Rosen with the help of Steinmetz Diamonds and featured over 150 carats of diamonds, including a 51 carat D Flawless Pear Shape, a 30 carat D Flawless Emerald Cut, a pair of 15 carat D Flawless Rounds and a pair of 8 carat D Flawless Pear Shapes all set in platinum.

Now if you want your signifacnt other looking as good as Molly then a cool $30 million will get you the bikini, plastic surgery is optional.

The Chain cent was America’s first large cent and the first circulating coin officially produced by the United States Mint but it was only struck briefly in 1793 and was soon replaced by the Wreath Cent as the chain was considered bad luck for liberty.

Records indicate that approximately 36,103 were produced but today only about 2,000 1793 chain cents exist. Making them quite rare.

There are 5 varieties of the 1793 Chain cent, Sheldon 1-4 and NC-1 which is designated as non-collectible.

The rarest is thee Sheldon 1793 NC-1 chain cent with only four in existence which makes it the world`s most expensive penny valued at a coppery $275,000.00 USD.

Specifications of the 1793 Chain Cent:

Designer:attributed to Henry Voight
Mintage:36,103 Less the 5-10,000 estimated Ameri. Variety
Denomination: One Cent
Diameter: ±27 millimeters
Metal content: 100% Copper
Weight: ±208 grains (±13.5 grams)

When it comes to creating expensive shoes Stuart Weitzman is the wizard. 

In 2004 Stuart Weitzman created the ‘Cinderella Slippers’ which boasted 565 platinum-set diamonds including one large 5 karat chunk of ice.

They were worn to the 2004 Oscars by Alison Krauss.

Now if your life is a fairy tale and you can afford $2 million USD then the world’s most expensive shoes can be yours.

In case $2 million is a bit too much then Stuart also created the world’s second most expensive shoes and for a while they were the world’s most expensive shoes.

In 2003 Harrods department store in London displayed a pair of shoes inspired by the shoes worn in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by Judy Garland.

Woven with thread of platinum and studded with 642 rubies, the price tag on these expensive shoes was a hearty $1.8 million USD.