High-grade Malaysia Banknote Certified by PMG in Monetarium Sale

Many rare and collectible banknotes from Southeast Asia, certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®), are being offered in a Monetarium Auction, which opened on June 20, 2023, and continues until August 6, 2023.

Among the most interesting items is a Malaysia 1976-81 Bank Negara 1000 Ringgit graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 2049) with an estimate of 60,000 to 65,000 SGD (about $45,000 to $48,000 USD). It is the highest graded example of this note in the PMG Population Report, and features Serial Number A/1 555168. It is unsurpassed by any of the more than 250 other examples in the PMG Population Report of this note, which bears the highest denomination ever issued by Malaysia.

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Another example of this note (lot 2048), also graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ, is included in this auction, but without a Fancy Serial Number and with an estimate of 50,000 to 60,000 SGD (about $37,000 to $45,000), as well as one graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 2050) with an estimate of 30,000 to 36,000 SGD (about $22,000 to $27,000).

Other PMG-certified notes in this auction include:

• a Malaysia 1989 Bank Negara 500 Ringgit graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 2085) with an estimate of 36,000 to 40,000 SGD (about $27,000 to $30,000)
• a Malaysia 1967-72 Bank Negara 1000 Ringgit graded PMG 53 About Uncirculated (lot 2024) with an estimate of 30,000 to 32,000 SGD (about $22,000 to $24,000)
• a Malaysia 1989 Bank Negara 20 Ringgit Solid #1’s graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 2090) with an estimate of 20,000 to 30,000 SGD (about $15,000 to $22,000)
• a Malaysia 1972-76 Bank Negara 1000 Ringgit graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 2039) with an estimate of 24,000 to 28,000 SGD (about $18,000 to $21,000)
• a Malaysia 1967 Bank Negara 50 Ringgit Replacement/Star graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 2030) with an estimate of 18,000 to 22,000 SGD (about $13,000 to $16,000)
• a Singapore 1980 Board of Comm. of Currency, 10,000 Dollars graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (lot 2169) with an estimate of 14,000 to 16,000 SGD (about $10,500 to $12,000)
• a Malaysia 1972-76 Bank Negara 10 Ringgit Replacement/Star graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 2047) with an estimate of 12,000 to 15,000 SGD (about $9,000 to $11,000)
• a Malaysia 1995 Bank Negara 1000 Ringgit graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 2096) with an estimate of 12,000 to 14,000 SGD (about $9,000 to $10,500)
• a Malaysia 1972-76 Bank Negara 1000 Ringgit graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 2040) with an estimate of 12,000 to 13,000 SGD (about $9,000 to $9,800)
• a Malaysia 2012 Bank Negara 100 Ringgit Solid #4’s graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 2118) with an estimate of 12,000 to 13,000 SGD (about $9,000 to $9,800)

Estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbols indicated US Dollar.