4th series RM50 fancy numbers set in Trigometric Auction 10

A complete set of 50 Ringgit, 4th Series, signed by Aziz Taha will be auctioned off at Trigometric Auction 10/2019 to be held this Thursday (24 October) at Hilton Hotel, Petaling Jaya. The complete set of the 4th series RM50 fancy numbers banknotes has never been auctioned before.

The complete set of 4th series RM50 fancy numbers banknotes (Lot 0528) includes; Low no. B/82 000001-10, Solid 1's-Solid's 9's & Golden number B/85 1000000. All banknotes are graded by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) 64UNC-66EPQ. Total 20pcs ( 3pcs with Remarks Stain-No.10, Solid's 3 & 7) of fancy numbers 4th series RM50 will be auctioned starting price at RM400,000.

Another highlight of the auction is a 1922 Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation - Cheefoo $10 Color Trial, S/No. 00000, Perforated CANCELLED. The banknote is About Uncirculated (AU) very minor pin hole on top and bottom, almost unnoticeable, extremely rare in this condition.

The banknote obverse show a Lace maker on the left, full coat of arms on the middle of the note. The banknote reverse show Old Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation building.

Sharp design styling of TDLR at this time period and seen with a red-brown over print, with a light brown underprint, making this a colour trial. The note is perforated CANCELLED mid-bottom section. This note is very well preserved and extremely rare in this condition.

Bidding price for lot 0057 start at RM50,000 and maximum estimate price is RM90,000.

A 1 sen 1970 Copper Clad Steel (lot 1013)  graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as an MS 62BN will also be auctioned in Trigometric Auction 10.

5 years ago, a 1 sen 1970 Copper Clad Steel was auctioned for RM46,769 including buyer premium in Singapore. For those of you who don't know, the normal 1 sen 1970 coin is made of copper compared to this one from copper clad steel which attached to a magnet.

In 2013, only 4 coins printed using this wrong planchet were recorded. This makes it one of the rare 1 cent coins for Malaysian coin collection.

Auction Details :
Date : 24.10.19 (Thursday)
Venue : Hilton Hotel, Petaling Jaya (Serunai Suite 1 & 2)
Time : 11.00 am

Bidder Register :
Date : 15.10.19 - 24.10.19 (Except Monday off)
Venue : Trigo Amcorp Mall, Level 3
Time : 10.30 am - 5 pm

Lots Viewing :
Date : 22.10.19 - 23.10.19 (Tuesday - Wednasday)
Venue : Trigo Amcorp Mall, Level 3
Time : 11.00 am - 5 pm

Lots Collection :
Date : - 28/10/2019 (Monday)
Venue : - Trigo Amcorp Mall, Level 3
Time : - 11.00 am - 5 pm


Online bidding for Trigometric Auction 10 is now live at LiveAuctioneers.com.

Buyer premium is 15% for floor bid and 20% for liveauctioneers.com internet bidding. You can pay using cash or credit card but the charges for credit card is 3%. 

For further information, you can contact Trigometric Sdn Bhd (Mr. Koay / MS Farah) at 03-7957 9566 or you can visit them at Amcorp Mall Petaling Jaya (Open everyday 10am – 6pm, except Monday and Public Holiday).

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Bank of England New £20 note issued 20 February 2020

On 10 October 2019, The Bank of England unveiled the design of the new £20 note featuring the artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. It will be issued for the first time on 20 February 2020. For the first time, the note incorporates two windows and a two-colour foil, making it very difficult to counterfeit.

The polymer £20 note contains sophisticated security features making it the most secure Bank of England banknote yet.

Polymer notes last longer than paper notes and they stay in better condition during day-to-day use. This note, like the polymer £10, will contain a tactile feature to help vision impaired people identify the denomination.

The polymer £20 note will join the Churchill £5 and the Austen £10. A new £50 note, featuring Alan Turing, will follow in 2021. The public will begin to see the new £20 from 20 February next year as the notes leave cash centres around the country and enter general circulation.

The public can continue to spend paper £20 notes as usual and these will be gradually withdrawn as they are banked by retailers and the public. Notice will be given six months ahead of legal tender status of the paper £20 being withdrawn.

Commenting on the new note, the Governor Mark Carney said: “Our banknotes celebrate the UK’s heritage, salute its culture, and testify to the achievements of its most notable individuals. And so it is with the new £20 banknote, featuring JMW Turner, launched today at Turner Contemporary in Margate. Turner’s contribution to art extends well beyond his favourite stretch of shoreline. Turner’s painting was transformative, his influence spanned lifetimes, and his legacy endures today. The new £20 note celebrates Turner, his art and his legacy in all their radiant, colourful, evocative glory.”

The new £20 note will be the first to feature the signature of Sarah John, the Bank’s Chief Cashier.

She said: “The new £20 is an important part of our commitment to providing banknotes that people can use with confidence. Our polymer notes are much harder to counterfeit and, with the £20 being our most common note, this marks a big step forward in our fight against counterfeiting. I hope the public will look forward to spending their new Turner £20s from February next year.”

Features on the new £20 note include:

• A large see-through window with a blue and gold foil on the front depicting Margate lighthouse and Turner Contemporary. The foil is silver on the back. The shape of the large window is based on the shape of the fountains in Trafalgar Square.
• A smaller see-through window in the bottom corner of the note, inspired by Tintern Abbey.
• JMW Turner’s self-portrait, painted c. 1799 and currently on display in Tate Britain.
• One of Turner’s most eminent paintings The Fighting Temeraire; a tribute to the ship HMS Temeraire which played a distinguished role in Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The painting is currently on display in the National Gallery and was voted the nation’s favourite painting in a 2005 poll run by BBC Radio 4.
• A metallic hologram which changes between the word ‘Twenty’ and ‘Pounds’ when the note is tilted.
• The Queen’s portrait in the see-through window with ‘£20 Bank of England’ printed twice around the edge.
• A silver foil patch with a 3D image of the coronation crown.
• A purple foil patch containing the letter ‘T’ and based on the staircase at the Tate Britain.
• A quote “Light is therefore colour” from an 1818 lecture by Turner referring to the innovative use of light, shade, colour and tone in his pictures.
• Turner’s signature from his Will, the document with which he bequeathed many of his paintings to the nation.

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Saran Singh Collection in CAA Auction 14

Saran Singh Collection will be one of the highlight in Collectibles Auction Asia (CAA) Coins & Banknotes Auction 14/2019. The auction will be held this Saturday (5th October 2019) at Landmark Village Hotel, Singapore. 193pcs in 2 volumes of Saran Singh’s private collection of Malaysia banknotes from 1967 to 2015 will be auction in (Lot 0701) CAA Auction 14.

Mr. Saran Singh is the author of "The Encyclopaedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1986". For any numismatics collectors who are interested in collecting Malay Archipelago Money, this book is a must have and it is hard to find original copy of the book nowadays. On 3rd December 1989 he received the honour P.N.M (Pakar Numismatic Malaysia) by Malaysia Numismatic Society. You can read more about his story here; Mr. Saran Singh, Pakar Numismatik Malaysia.

From the pictures provided by liveauctioneers.com, we can see that this collection is for "Mikhail Singh".

Saran Singh’s private collection of Malaysia banknotes from 1967 to 2015:

• 1st series [5] ($1-$100),
• 2nd series [5],
• 3rd series [5] $1-$50,
• 4th series [6],
• 5th series [11] $1-$500,
• 6th series [23] excl $500,
• 7th series [13] excl $500,
• 8th series [10],
• 9th series [7],
• 10th series [10],
• 11th series [47],
• 12th series [40],
• Commemoratives [12].
• This lot includes the rare 1999 RM 1 CR signed by BNM Governor Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ali Abul Hassan in AEF.

Auction for Saran Singh’s private collection of Malaysia banknotes will start at SGD 8,000.00 and maximum estimate price is SGD16,000. This is indeed a very rare opportunity to own the numismatic guru’s personal collection Saran Singh.

Other Highlights includes:

Lot 0595: Singapore Islands, Rubber Export Coupons, 1939, 5 Katis, E006983, plate note in KNB catalogue pg.320, KNB45. AU-UNC, 4 pin holes and 2 punch holes. Estimate SGD 3,000 - SGD 6,000.

Lot 0317: Malaysia, 1969, C-N 50 Sens, milled (w/o security) edge, KN7. NGC MS 62. Estimate SGD 2,500 - SGD 5,000.

Lot 0705: Sarawak, ND (1929), $25, uniface, back only, no serial, color trial print scrap, KNB23a, ICC VF 30, print scrap removed from a sample mounted frame. Estimate SGD 2,000 - SGD 4,000.

Lot 0517: Straits Settlements, 1915, 100 Dollars, A/7 00000, “Printer’s Design”, P-UNL100pd. PMG 64 NET. Estimate SGD 10,000 - SGD 20,000.

Lot 0732: Singapore, Ship series, ND (1984), $1000, A/4 222222, solid “2”, Tan#S-8b. PMG UNC 64. Estimate SGD 8,000 - SGD 16,000.

Lot 0752: Singapore, Portrait series, 1999, $100, 0BE 333333, replacement, solid “3”, TanP-5a. PMG 66 EPQ. Estimate SGD 15,000 - SGD 30,000.

Lot 0704: Sarawak, 1929, $10, C/1 000,081, KNB22a. PMG EF 40. Estimate SGD 5,000 - SGD 10,000.

Lot 0550: Malaya, 1941, 10 Cents, “Specimen Proof”, Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company Ltd, London, P-8sp, KNB8. PMG 63. Printer’s Annotation, previously mounted. Estimate SGD 4,000 - SGD 8,000.

Lot 0185: China, People’s Republic, 2012, Gold 500 Yuan, 1oz, .999 Proof. Estimate SGD 2,400 - SGD 4,800.

Lot 0445: China, People’s Republic, 4th series, 1980-1996, 1 Jiao~100 Yuan, P-881b-889b. Total 14pcs. All PMG 68 EPQ. Estimate SGD 4,000 - SGD 8,000.

Bidding is now live via liveauctioneers.com.

A Buyer's premium of 15% will be added to hammer price for each lot to all succesful bids. Lots sold though "liveauctioneers.com" are subjected to an additional 5% Buyer's Premium (20% in total). All Shipping, handling and insurance charges will be paid by Buyer.

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2 Ringgit BB set sold for RM130,000

Today, a 2 Ringgit Ahmad Don BB prefix Fancy's Number Sets sold for RM130,000 (without buyer premium) in Trigometric Auction 9 held at Serunai Suite, Hilton Hotel Petaling Jaya. The 8th series banknotes set printed in 1996 by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is one of the hardest sets to accumulate.

The set consist of a BB0000001-0000010, BB1111111-BB9999999 & BB1234567 (20pcs).Graded by PMG 64EPQ-67EPQ.

Another highlight of the auction is a $100 Deutsch-Asiatische Bank dated 1 July 1914, Peking (P S277), S/no. 01296 UNC sold for RM80,000 (without buyer premium). Deutsch-Asiatische Bank (DAB) was a foreign bank in China. DAB was founded in Shanghai in 1889 with the participation of Deutsche Bank, one of the largest banks in Germany. In 1906, it received the concession to issue its own banknotes in China. During First World War and the Second World War, its branch network and business activities were destroyed.

A 1st series Replacement 1 Ringgit with a Solid Number prefix Z/1 111111 signed by Ismail Ali with graded PMG 45 sold for RM20,000 (without buyer premium). A Solid Number Replacement 1st series Malaysia banknote is one of the things in Malaysian numismatic that you don't see everyday in Auction.

Malaysia RM600 World Largest Legal Banknote (lot 9390), 600 Ringgit, signed by 8th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhammad bin Ibrahim (KNB85) S/no. MRR 0003809 sold for RM4,600 (without buyer premium).

Uncut 3-in-1 RM60 commemorative banknotes (lot 9492) in conjunction with the 60th Anniversary of the Signing of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement (KNB15) S/no. MRR 0076862 PMG 68EPQ sold for RM1,900 (without buyer premium).

2 pieces 60 Ringgit Commemorative banknote signed by 8th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhammad bin Ibrahim (KNB84) S/no. MRR 0053638-639 PMG 69EPQ sold for RM1,600 (without buyer premium).

On 14 December 2017, BNM issued these banknotes commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement signing in the year 1957.

Other highlights:

• Lot 9112 - China 1960 1 jIAO, graded PMG Superb Gem Uncirculated 67 EPQ. Sold for RM4,200
• Lot 9139 - China 2000 100 Yuan Commemorative - Replacement/Star, graded PMG Superb Gem Uncirculated 68 EPQ. Sold for RM4,000
• Lot 9140 - China 2008 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 10 Yuan , graded PMG GEm Uncirculated 66 EPQ. Sold for RM2,500
• Lot 9174 - Singapore ND (1990) 2 Dollars Specimen, graded PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Sold for RM3,200
• Lot 9202 - Malaysia (Bank Negara) ND (1967) 100 Ringgit, graded PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ. Sold for RM11,000
• Lot 9251 - Malaysia (Bank Negara) ND (1999) 5 Ringgit, graded PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Sold for RM9,500
• Lot 9413 - Malaysia (Bank Negara) ND (2001) 5 Ringgit, graded PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. Sold for RM5,400
• Lot 9467 - Malaysia (Bank Negara) ND (1981-83) 50 Ringgit, graded PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Sold for RM16,000

Buyer premium is 15% for floor bid and 20% for liveauctioneers.com internet bidding. 

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World largest banknote in HKINF World Currency Signature Auction

World largest banknote, Malaysia RM600 commemorative banknotes in conjunction with the 60th Anniversary of the Signing of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement is one of the featured collection in Heritage Auction HKINF World Currency Signature Auction. The auction will take place June 27-28 at the Mira Hotel on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong.

Included in this lot #28328 are RM600 and RM60 commemorative banknotes. Both of these beautiful notes have earned the highest PMG grade possible of Gem Uncirculated 70 EPQ*. PMG assigns the "*" designation to EPQ notes with exceptional eye appeal for their assigned grade.

The 600 Ringgit note comes with its original packaging which includes a valise that is stored in a special Bank Negara Malaysia box.

These banknotes commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement signing in the year 1957. The commemorative banknotes honour the Council (later called Conference) of Rulers’ contribution towards the realisation of the Nation’s independence on 31 August 1957. The Agreement dated 5 August 1957 proclaiming the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the Supreme Head of the Federation was signed by the Malay Council of Rulers from Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and Terengganu with Sir Donald MacGillivray, the High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya who represented Queen Elizabeth II. The Agreement became a historical constitutional evidence for the independence of the Federation of Malaya.

The banknote design is based on the theme of “Raja Payung Kedaulatan Negara”. These commemorative banknotes are the first commemorative banknotes printed by Bank Negara Malaysia on the composite substrate, a combination of polymer and paper substrate, which offers higher security features and longer life span. These banknotes are printed larger in size, based on its face value.

Only 6,000 pieces of the RM600 and 60,000 pieces of the RM60 commemorative banknotes in conjunction with the 60th Anniversary of the Signing of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement printed by BNM.

The dimensions of the oversized 600 Ringgit is 370 by 219 millimeters and the 60 Ringgit measuring 162 by 84 millimeters.

You can view the Auction at Heritage Auction website, Heritage Auction RM600.

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Baltimore Currency Auction Realizes $10,440,026

The four sessions of Stack's Bowers Galleries' much anticipated Official Currency Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo realized $10,440,026 (all prices include the buyer's fee). ​2 $1000 Legal Tender Note realized $960,000.

On March 22, featured the landmark Joel R. Anderson Collection Part I during which 64 lots realized an astounding $7,912,140. Seven lots from that collection each realized more than $500,000, including the finest known Fr.186d 1863 $1000 Legal Tender Note graded Choice About New 58 by PCGS Currency that brought $960,000. The only privately held Fr.187b 1880 $1000 Legal Tender Note, graded Choice About New 55 by PCGS Currency, also realized $960,000. A PCGS Currency Very Choice New 64 PPQ Fr.183c 1863 $500 Legal Tender Note was sold for $900,000.

The A.J. Vanderbilt Collection of U.S. Paper Money which saw a total realization of $818,100. Among the highlights of that collection was the finest known Demand Note, an Fr.2 1861 $5 graded Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ by PMG that sold for $372,000. Also featured was the finest PMG graded Fr.1136 1870 $5 National Gold Bank Note from the First National Gold Bank of San Francisco, Ch. #1741. This PMG Extremely Fine 40 EPQ graded note realized $66,000.

Friday night's currency session featured 503 lots which realized a total of $1,509,450. Among the leading lots of that session was a Fr.1132-H 1918 $500 Federal Reserve Note from St. Louis graded Extremely Fine 40 by PCGS Currency that realized $26,400. A PMG Very Fine 30 Net graded Fr.2221-G 1934 $5000 Federal Reserve Note from Chicago sold for $63,000. An 1882 $20 Brown Back from the Calumet National Bank of South Chicago, Illinois, Ch. #3102 and PCGS Currency graded Fine 15, brought $20,400. Small size National Currency was hot with a 1929 Type 1 $10 from the First National Bank of Zillah, Washington, Ch. #9576, and graded Fine 12 by PMG selling for $28,800.

Stack's Bowers Galleries is now accepting consignments to their upcoming official U.S. Currency Auction of the ANA World's Fair of Money to be held this August in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Please contact Director of Currency Peter Treglia at petert@stacksbowers.com or Currency Specialist Brad Ciociola at bciociola@stacksbowers.com to inquire about your items.

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