WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR MONEY ?

Revised on 2nd May 2014.

Regret for not updating my blog after 2 weeks as i was quite busy with preparation of my personal and company income tax submission.

There are many (average) collectors were asking for advice what items to buy ? So i decided to put it systematically for you to have a clear perspective on where to put your money.

The current high profile numismatics items that collectors are busy chasing after are :-

1)1999 10th Series Ali Abul Hassa RM 1 Prefix "CR" (unissued)

2)1971 10sen Parliament coin

3)2007 12th Series Zeti Aziz RM50 50th anniversary of Malaysia independence

These three items are currently the most sought after by collectors.


1)1999 10th Series Ali Abul Hassa RM 1 Prefix "CR" (unissued). Mintage estimation 50,000pcs unintentionally released to commercial banks for circulation but were too late to retrieve back from the public. The serial number found were from CR 7200000 to CR 7250000.

Based on KN Boon 7th edition catalogue it was priced as RM3500.00 (UNC raw ungraded). For this graded piece 67EPQ the market price is around RM8000.00 - RM8500.00

2)1971 10sen Parliament coin. Mintage 32,236pcs minted.

Based on KN Boon 7th edition catalogue it was priced as RM500.00 (UNC raw ungraded) & RM800.00 (BU raw ungraded) respectively. However the current market price for this piece graded MS66 is around RM1500.00

3)2007 12th Series Zeti Aziz RM50 50th anniversary of Malaysia independence. Mintage 20,000pcs issued.

Based on KN Boon 7th edition catalogue it was priced as RM950.00 (UNC raw ungraded). And here is the current market price as follows :-

1)Prefix AA 00 XXXXX (2 zeroes) = RM900.00 (UNC raw ungraded) and RM1800.00 for 67EPQ

2)Prefix AA 000 XXXX (3 zeroes) = RM1500.00 (UNC raw ungraded) and RM2500.00 for 67EPQ

3)Prefix AA 0000 XXX (4 zeroes) = RM ?

4)Prefix AA 00000 XX (5 zeroes) = RM ?

Since i have high lighted the most sought after by collectors and i will also be fair to high light the most laggard and ignored by collectors.

2012 12th Series Zeti Aziz Premium set of 6 pieces from RM1 to RM100 (all denomination) with same prefix and serial number. Mintage 50,000 sets issued. Issue price RM300.00

Based on KN Boon 7th edition catalogue it was priced as RM400.00. But the current market price is between RM300.00 to RM350.00. Currently Bank Negara Malaysia still have some stocks left for sale till today at issue price.

This set was deemed the best set ever issued by Bank Negara Malaysia with its complete denomination from RM1 to RM100 with all same prefixes "AA" and serial numbers in one set. And many dealers had hoarded this set at very much higher price around RM400.00 to RM500.00 each set when it was launched to the public and the market price quickly surged to RM800.00 during the initial launching period.

Many dealers were caught at higher cost and some were seen to have cut-losses.

When will this Premium set price start to move up ? I do not know the exact time frame but based on history of the past commemorative banknotes with limited mintage like the RM50 50th anniversary of Independence of Malaysia it took 6 years (from issued date in December 2007) to 2013 to inch up slowly and then accelerated in 2014 this year. 

So if you take another 6 years for this Premium set to start moving up it will be in 2018 !

Where do you want to put your money ? It is all depending on your "holding power".

Editorial note : the prices quoted above are valid at the time of writing this article.

Happy Reading !

1968 50SEN MILLED EDGE SOLD FOR MYR19,435.00

With the recent concluded auction result from Collectibles Auction Asia 3/2014 auction held at Landmark Village Hotel, Singapore on 19 April 2014. (Office add : Blk 231 Bain Street 02-23 Bras Basah Complex Singapore 904965). It was once again our Malaysian Parliament coins are the favorites and sizzling hot among the coin's collectors. There were two records broken - 1)1968 50sen Milled Edge and 2)1976 1sen made of copper (or popularly know as 1 copper sen).

Malaysia 1968 50sen MILLED EDGE sold for a staggering SGD6500.00 + 15% Buyer's Premium = SGD7475.00 X 2.60exchange rate = MYR19,435.00 !!!  (1968 50sen Milled Edge Auction Price)

Another record was broken is the 1976 1sen made of copper and it was auctioned for SGD4000.00 + 15% Buyer's Premium = SGD4600.00 X 2.60exchange rate = MYR11,960.00.

The coin was graded by PCGS MS64 RB, KM-2 Bronze and it's mintage was less than 100 pieces according to Steven Tan catalogue. (1976 1sen Auction Price)

Another rising star under the radar is the Malaysia 2007 50th Anniversary of Independence raw notes without grading was sold for SGD750.00 for 2 pieces consecutive pair + 15% Buyer's Premium = SGD862.50 X 2.60exchange rate = MYR2242.50 or MYR1121.25 each piece.

The prefix and serial no. are AA 0002760 & AA 0002761 (3 zeroes). (50th Anniv Auction Price)

Malaysia's banknotes and coins are sizzling hot among the collectors.

Happy reading !

2012 12TH SERIES ZETI AZIZ RM10 ZC REPLACEMENT NOTES LOW NUMBER 5 ZEROES

Today received this lot from PMG it is the replacement banknotes of our current issue 12th series RM10 Zeti Aziz "ZC" low number 5 zeroes.

I'm extremely delighted to have received such high grades from PMG. There are only 89pieces with 5 zeroes in the stack of 100pieces.

PMG 67EPQ are the highest grade in PMG population report non for 68EPQ thus far.

3 pieces consecutive numbers.

1981 RM5 AZIZ TAHA SERIAL NUMBER MISMATCHED

This is the 4th series bank note and are very popular among the collectors coupled with an error occurred with it's serial number mismatched B/23 909554 (top left) & B/23 900554 (bottom right). However I'm quite pleased with the grade of 65EPQ for this error note.

Happy Viewing !

1986 RM20 JAFFAR HUSSEIN 5 PIECES "UZ" REPLACEMENT BANKNOTES

Here are 5 pieces of "UZ" replacement banknotes from the era of Jaffar Hussein in consecutive numbers in GEM UNC condition. The paper are sturdier and crisps and was printed by Thomas De La Rue compare with Aziz Taha RM20 softer paper printed by Bradbury Wilkinson,UK. I will be sending these 5 pieces to PMG tomorrow and hopefully will get grade PMG 66EPQ and any grade above will be much delighted.

THE RETURN OF 1967 RM1 1ST SERIES AFTER GRADING FROM PMG

This is the first batch returned from PMG of 25pieces out of 100pieces received today. There are no surprises nor disappointments on the grades received as there were only 2 grades achieved 65epq and 66epq respectively.

In breakdown there are :-

66EPQ 12pcs Solid Thread & 5pcs for Broken Thread

65EPQ 5pcs Solid Thread & 3pcs for Broken Thread

Fedex Large size box received from PMG.

Malaysian Customs open for inspection.

25pieces out of 100pieces.

My selling price are as follows :-

65 EPQ SOLID THREAD = RM500.00each

65 EPQ BROKEN THREAD = RM550.00each

66 EPQ SOLID THREAD = RM700.00each

66 EPQ BROKEN THREAD = RM750.00each

I could be contacted at +6012-4316178.

Thanks for vistting my blog.

Andrew

1986 RM20 JAFFAR HUSSEIN "UZ" REPLACEMENT NOTE AND 1981 RM10 X1 AZIZ TAHA REPLACEMENT NOTE GEM UNC

The next banknotes i'm going to send to PMG are the replacement notes. One of the highly sought after by collectors are 1986 RM20 Jaffar Hussein "UZ" and 1981 RM10 X1 Aziz Taha both are ORIGINAL replacement notes in GEM UNC condition and have never been washed nor pressed.

1981 RM10 X1 Aziz Taha Gem UNC very highly sought after by collectors.

1986 RM20 Jaffar Hussein "UZ" Gem UNC, very rare in 3 pieces consecutive numbers and highly sought after by collectors.

I only choose some of the banknotes to feature in this blog that i want to highlight. There are too many banknotes and coins i send and received from PMG / NGC on bi-weekly basis and i can't scan all the pictures and publish it on this blog as it is too much time consuming.

Enjoy !

MALAYSIA 1967 RM10 1ST SERIES "SA-PULOH" ISMAIL ALI STACK GEM UNC

This is a stack of 100 pieces consecutive numbers of the RM10 "SA-PULOH" 1st series condition GEM UNC with beautiful embossment with crisp paper and you can't believe that this stack is 47 year old and still maintain its pristine condition. I will be sending the whole stack to PMG for grading. However there are 10 pieces were foxed with toning that was the last five pieces and the first five pieces hence i did not include them in the pictures.

There are two variety found within the stack, that is "solid thread" and "broken thread". The broken thread variety can be found in every denomination from the 1st series to the 4th series only, however KN Boon catalogue did not mention about these varieties. Whereas for PMG and Krausse World Paper Money book both recognized the variety and label it as PICK # 3b for "broken thread" and PICK # 3a for "solid thread".

There are 30 "broken thread" variety found in this stack out of 100pieces.

This stack is original and have never been washed nor pressed before. The prefix is from B/62 464601 - B/62 464700.

Extracted from KN BOON 7th edition catalogue 

MALAYSIA 1967 RM1 1ST SERIES ISMAIL ALI STACK

From the earlier post i did not mention about the broken thread variety found in this stack of RM1 of 100pieces consecutive numbers. There are 28 pieces of broken thread variety found within the stack and was labeled as PICK # 1b by PMG. It is already on its way back to me after grading and i'm eagerly waiting for its arrival on 7th April 2014 by FEDEX.

Happy Viewing !