Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you realize you threw away something valuable due to wrong decision-making? If so, you definitely aren’t alone. If this has happened to you, feel free to relate to this list of most expensive things people threw away as trash!

1. Hard drive containing 7500 Bitcoins

One of the unluckiest men in the UK is James Howells. He threw out an old hard drive before realizing that it had 500 million pounds worth of Bitcoins on it. He never got it back and the hard drive went to a landfill site. The currency is locked with a privacy key and can’t be accessed. The most expensive mistake of his life.

2. First edition Harry Potter novel

Over time, later copies of the Philosopher’s Stone have been known to fetch upwards of £50,000. One of J.K Rowling’s first interviews was with a man who received a first edition copy of her book. He thought it had no value and threw it in a bin. But he made a mistake, copies of the Philosopher’s Stone have become worth upwards of £50,000.