Old bar of chocolate was sold at auction.

Seemingly an ordinary chocolate bar, produced during the reign of Queen Victoria, in a tin box, manufactured by the British company Rowntree, what could possibly go wrong? Years older than all of us reading this, this 122-year-old chocolate bar had been lying in an attic in Lincolnshire. It was unearthed among the trash and sold for $563 in equivalent currency at that time's exchange rate.

At that time, this decision was controversial as the major chocolate companies, owned by Quakers, were opposed to the war and provided chocolate for free to avoid any perception of profiting from the military actions. The Rowntree chocolate bars were marked and stamped to assure the troops of their high quality. The tin box features an image of Queen Victoria, her insignia, and the inscription "South Africa, 1900."