The highest ransom ever paid was the 24 tons of gold and silver that the Incas gave to the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro to obtain the release of their captured chief Atahuallpa in 1533.
Vislielākais izpirkums, kāds jebkad samaksāts, bija 24 tonnas zelta un sudraba, ko 1533. gadā inki atnesa spāņu konkistadoram Fransisko Pizarro, lai izpirktu savu sagūstīto valdnieku Atavalpu.