Monetarium Sale Features Hundreds of PMG-certified Banknotes from Asia

Hundreds of banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) are being offered in an auction presented by Monetarium (Singapore) Private Limited, one of the region's leading rare coin and banknote specialists. Bidding is already underway for the Winter Auction, which is divided into seven daily sessions, from December 3-9, 2021.

The top individual note featured in the sale is a Sarawak, Government of Sarawak 1929 25 Dollars graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (Day 3, lot 3309), with an estimate of SGD80,000 to SGD85,000 (about $59,000 to $63,000 USD). This is the single finest-graded of the nine issued examples in the PMG Population Report for this Pick number.

Sarawak, Government of Sarawak 1929 25 Dollars graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated. Click images to enlarge.

Another highlight of the sale is a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1976-81) 1,000 Ringgit graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Day 3, lot 3198). More than two weeks before the auction, bidding for it had already surpassed the estimate of SGD22,000 to SGD25,000 (about $16,000 to $18,000 USD). It is one of the finest that PMG has certified of this high-denomination rarity.

Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1976-81) 1,000 Ringgit graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ. Click images to enlarge.

Other PMG-certified highlights include:

• a group of 10 Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1983-84) 5 Ringgit notes, including the Solid-1 Serial Number through the Solid-9 Serial Number as well as the 10 Million Serial Number, graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ to PMG 67 Superb Gem Unc EPQ (Day 3, lot 3241) with an estimate of SGD80,000 to SGD100,000 (about $59,000 to $74,000 USD)
• a group of 10 Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1981-83) 5 Ringgit notes, including the Solid-1 Serial Number through the Solid-9 Serial Number as well as the 10 Million Serial Number, graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated to PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Day 3, lot 3224) with an estimate of SGD80,000 to SGD100,000 (about $59,000 to $74,000 USD)
• a Sarawak 1929 50 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 53 About Uncirculated (Day 3, lot 3307) with an estimate of SGD60,000 to SGD65,000 (about $44,000 to $48,000 USD)
• a group of five Straits Settlements / British Administration 10 Dollar notes (four from 1931-34 and one from 1935), each graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (Day 3, lot 3350), with an estimate of SGD60,000 to SGD65,000 (about $44,000 to $48,000 USD)
• a Straits Settlements 1925-27 100 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 25 Very Fine NET (Day 3, lot 3326) with an estimate of SGD55,000 to SGD60,000 (about $40,000 to $44,000 USD)
• a Malaya & British Borneo 1953 150 Dollars graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Day 3, lot 3440) with an estimate of SGD50,000 to SGD55,000 (about $37,000 to $40,000 USD)
• a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1989) 500 Ringgit Replacement / Star graded PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ (Day 3, lot 3248) with an estimate of SGD32,000 to SGD36,000 (about $24,000 to $26,000 USD)
• a Malaya / British Administration graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (Day 3, lot 3371) with an estimate of SGD25,000 to SGD30,000 (about $18,000 to $22,000 USD)
• a British North Borneo / British Administration 1922-27 25 Dollars graded PMG 25 Very Fine (Day 3, lot 3298) with an estimate of SGD26,000 to SGD28,000 (about $19,000 to $21,000 USD)
• a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1972-76) 1,000 Ringgit graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (Day 3, lot 3184) with an estimate of SGD20,000 to SGD25,000 (about $15,000 to $18,000 USD)
• a Straits Settlements / British Administration 1914-24 10 Dollars graded PMG 30 Very Fine (Day 3, lot 3319) with an estimate of SGD22,000 to SGD25,000 (about $16,000 to $18,000 USD)
• a Malaya & British Borneo 1961 10 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine EPQ (Day 3, lot 3492) with an estimate of SGD20,000 to SGD22,000 (about $15,000 to $16,000 USD)
• a group of two Brunei, Negara Brunei Darussalam 1989 10,000 Ringgits graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine NET and PMG 40 Extremely Fine NET (Day 3, lot 3159) with an estimate of SGD19,000 to SGD21,000 (about $14,000 to $15,000 USD)
• a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1967-72) 1,000 Ringgit graded PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine (Day 3, lot 3167) with an estimate of SGD18,000 to SGD20,000 (about $13,000 to $15,000 USD)
• a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1980) 10,000 Dollars graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated EPQ (Day 3, lot 3084) with an estimate of SGD15,000 to SGD18,000 (about $11,000 to $13,000 USD)
• a Straits Settlements / British Administration ND (1917) 25 Cents graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (Day 3, lot 3331) with an estimate of SGD15,000 to SGD18,000 (about $11,000 to $13,000 USD)
• a Straits Settlements / British Administration 1925-29 10 Dollars graded PMG 25 Very Fine (Day 3, lot 3340) with an estimate of SGD12,000 to SGD15,000 (about $8,800 to $11,000 USD)
• a Singapore ND (1987) 10,000 Dollars Replacement / Star graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (Day 3, lot 3104) with an estimate of SGD11,000 to SGD13,000 (about $8,100 to $9,600 USD)
• a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1999) 10,000 Dollars graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated (Day 3, lot 3123) with an estimate of SGD9,500 to SGD12,000 (about $7,000 to $8,800 USD)
• a Singapore ND (1989) 25 Dollars Collector Series Specimen graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Day 3, lot 3070) with an estimate of SGD5,500 to SGD8,500 (about $4,000 to $6,300 USD)
• a Malaya & British Borneo / British Administration 1953 100 Dollars graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (Day 3, lot 3438) with an estimate of SGD5,500 to SGD6,500 (about $4,000 to $4,800 USD)
• a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1970) 5 Dollars graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (Day 3, lot 3080) with an estimate of SGD2,800 to SGD3,200 (about $2,100 to $2,400 USD)

Estimates are provided by the auction house.