British Territorial Rarity Certified by PMG Offered in a Stack's Bowers Sale
Posted on 12/17/2024
A seldom-seen vintage British territorial note that is rarely offered at auction is among more than 600 world notes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) that are available in a pair of upcoming Stack's Bowers Galleries auction. Bidding is already underway for NYINC Showcase Auction - Session A - World Paper Money Part 1: Afghanistan to Hungary, which concludes on January 17, 2025, and NYINC Showcase Auction - Session B - World Paper Money Part 2: India to Yugoslavia, which concludes on January 18, 2025.
The top PMG-certified highlight in the auction is a British Caribbean Territories 1950-51 100 Dollars - Eastern Group graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (Session A, lot 20058), with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. Created in the earliest years of the British Caribbean Currency Board (BCCB), which was instrumental in establishing a standardized financial framework throughout all British colonies in the Caribbean and South America, this extremely rare note is the highest out the of six denominations created of its type. Offered for the first time ever in a Stack's Bowers sale, it is also the finest issued example of the three listed in the PMG Population Report.
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Other PMG-certified notes in Session A include:
- an East Africa, Currency Board 1920 50 Florins graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 20276), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
- a China, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank 1907 10 Dollars - Hankow graded PMG 20 Very Fine (lot 20128), with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
- a China, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank 1907 5 Dollars - Tientsin graded PMG 20 Very Fine (lot 20130), with an estimate of $15,000 to $25,000
- a China, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank 1907 1 Tael - Shanghai Specimen graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 20129), with an estimate of $12,000 to $20,000
- a Canada, Bank of Ottawa 1917 5 Dollars - Ottawa, Dominion of Canada graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 20083), with an estimate of $8,000 to $15,000
- a Czechoslovakia / Republic 1919 1,000 Korun Specimen graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 20257), with an estimate of $8,000 to $12,000
- an Egypt, National Bank 1898 (ND 1948-51) 100 Pounds Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 20302), with an estimate of $9,000 to $12,000
- an Egypt, National Bank ND; 1952 100 Pounds Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 20305), with an estimate of $8,000 to $10,000
Other PMG-certified notes in Session B include:
- a Venezuela, Banco de Caracas ND (ca. 1879) 100 Bolivares graded PMG 15 Choice Fine (lot 21283), with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000
- a Venezuela, Banco de Venezuela 1862 100 Pesos graded PMG 25 Very Fine and pedigreed to the Jorge Gonzalez Collection (lot 21307), with an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000
- an Iraq, Government of Iraq 1931 1 Dinar graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 21016), with an estimate of $15,000 to $25,000
- a Lebanon, Banque de Syrie et du Liban 1939 25 Livres graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 21080), with an estimate of $20,000 to $25,000
- a Venezuela, Banco Comercial de Maracaibo 1929 100 Bolivares graded PMG 15 Choice Fine (lot 21292), with an estimate of $15,000 to $20,000
- a Qatar & Dubai, Currency Board ND (ca. 1960s) 100 Riyals Specimen graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 21203), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
- a Qatar & Dubai, Currency Board ND (ca. 1960s) 50 Riyals Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 21202), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
- a Qatar & Dubai, Currency Board ND (ca. 1960s) 25 Riyals Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 21201), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
Estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.
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