Crown Currency Offers PMG-certified Banknotes from the Netherlands and Its Former Colonies

A vintage Netherlands Indies rarity is the top highlight among an incredible assortment of more than 450 banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) in an upcoming Crown Currency sale. Focused on the Netherlands and with a particularly strong group of banknotes from its former colonies, Crown Currency Live Auction 28 is underway online and concludes on April 23, 2024.

Highlighting the sale is a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1914-19 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 15 Choice Fine NET (lot 71). This high-denomination banknote was issued by Javasche Bank, an institution that served the Netherlands Indies, which became the independent nation of Indonesia after World War II. This is one of only two examples of this banknote found in the PMG Population Report and bidding had already reached €4,000 (about $4,300) two weeks before the sale.

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Other PMG-certified banknotes in this auction include:

• a Netherlands Indies / Dutch Administration 1916-22 200 Gulden graded PMG 25 Very Fine NET (lot 66)
• a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1919-20 30 Gulden graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 47)
• a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1925 100 Gulden graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 59)
• a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1926 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (lot 72)
• a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1929-30 50 Gulden graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 50)
• a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1938-39 100 Gulden graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 58)
• a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1938-39 50 Gulden graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 51)
• a Netherlands Indies, Muntbiljet 1943 500 Gulden graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 69)
• a Netherlands New Guinea / Dutch Administration 1950 25 Gulden graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (lot 110)
• a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1956 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 381)