1967 RM1000 1st SERIES SA-RIBU SELLING FOR RM32,500 (UNGRADED)

The Star 26th Feb 2016

Just some high lights from the recent numismatics fair at Megamall, Penang - a single piece of RM1000 1st series 1967 bank note ungraded (however grade were not mentioned) are selling for RM32,500. The seller claimed the current retail price for this piece of banknote is almost doubled.

Monetarium auction 24th Oct 2014 

Mavin auction 14th Nov 2014

Let's look at the past auction results, during the Monetarium auction on 24th Oct 2014 for a single piece of SA-RIBU with 50EPQ AUNC asking for SGD21,000 but the lot was passed. Then comes the Mavin auction there were 2pcs of AUNC 55EPQ & 55 consecutive notes asking for SGD42,000 however the lot was passed without a single bid. Are the asking price too high ?

So question goes back to the above article from the seller Michael Chew asking price for just RM32,500 for and ungraded RM1000 SA-RIBU is it too cheap ?

However, collecting numismatics banknotes are certainly better than keeping money in the bank for sure.

Happy reading.
Andrew

TRIGOMETRIC AUCTION 15TH MARCH 2015 - SURPRISES AND DISSAPOINTMENTS

With the recent concluded Trigometric auction there were many surprises where those you dont expect were making staggering realized price. And those hot items where you expect making new highs were left under perform.

There are many blogs/websites had reported about several big notes and 2 pieces of 1953 QE II coins ended with hundreds of thousands of Ringgit Malaysia (RM) realized price and by now everyone knew about these amazing achievements.

Therefore i chose not to repeat on blogging about them otherwise my article may sound similar like "copy and paste".  So i chose to write about those lacklustre items that once consider as laggards but now had sprung to life with remarkable realized prices.

Realized price RM1800 + 15% (BP)

Realized price RM1500 + 15% (BP) for 2pcs

Begining of 2014 these 12th series RM50 Zeti Aziz (with Merdeka Logo on the back) were selling for RM80.00 per piece.

Realized price RM800 + 15% (BP) "low number"

Once upon a time this replacement note ZAC was selling for RM15.00 per piece (for normal S/N).

Realized price RM8000 + 15% (BP). Ali Abul Hassan side signature

Realized price RM900 + 15% (BP). 1972 RM10 Ismail Ali 2nd series.

Malaysian banknotes from the 1st series (1967) to the 4th series (1981) remain very strong.

Realized price RM2700 + 15% (BP) for 2pcs. 5th series Aziz Taha

During the 1st quarter of 2014 these were selling for a mere RM500 each (UNC ungraded).

Realized price RM5000 + 15% (BP). 5th series Aziz Taha

This piece of RM500 were selling for RM2500 (UNC ungraded) in 1st quater of 2014.

Realized price RM2200 + 15% (BP).

The appreciation of this proof TAR coin is unbelievable and i'm at the loss of words.

Realized price RM11,000 + 15% (BP). 50 Dollars 1 Jan 1942, King George VI, (KNB14:P14), Serial no. A/12 32846 ageing, stain, VF

Realized price RM2000 + 15% (BP). 50 Dollars 21 March 1953, Queen Elizabeth II, (KNB4a:P4a) Serial no. A/9 572854 With stain GVF

It is about time collectors starts to realize that King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth banknotes are laggards and has been asleep for a very long time since their peak in 2007-2008.

Realized price RM7000 + 15% (BP). Buffalo "BIG A" S/N

Realized price RM7000 + 15% (BP). Buffalo "BIG B" S/N

Realized price RM2500 + 15% (BP). Buffalo "Small A" S/N

1961 $10 Buffalo still command very strong price and still the collector favorites and the prices still did not wane

Happy collecting.

Andrew

MALAYSIA 1972 RM100 "Z/1" ISMAIL ALI "ERROR" REPLACEMENT BANKNOTE

Happy New Year 2015 to all the readers of my blog and i hope you have enjoyed your well deserved holidays with your loved ones.

Well this is my first article for year 2015 and i will feature an extra ordinary piece of extremely rare bank note to kick start the year.

A replacement banknote are meant for replacing a banknote that are printed in error at the stage of printing. But have you seen an obvious printing error occurred on replacement banknote itself ?

Therefore in this week article i shall feature an extra ordinary rare replacement error banknote from the Malaysia second series 1972 Ismail Ali RM100 "Z/1". The note itself are considered rare and coupled with printing error on it's back thus making it extremely scarce with only one piece in existent ever known.

However the condition of the note is in "EF" condition with few folds but original splendour - non wash, non press/iron, no pin hole, no tear and NO BULLSHIT !.

Happy reading.

Andrew

1976 RM100 ISMAIL ALI SECOND SERIES "Z/1" REPLACEMENT BANKNOTE PMG 64

Just sharing with all of you my new "Z/1" replacement banknote from 1976 second series with the grade PMG 64 to be added into my collection.

MALAYSIA 2000 RM1 11TH SERIES ZETI AZIZ SINGLE LADDER NUMBERS COMPLETE SETS OF 24 PIECES

I'm pleased to be able to share with all of you this amazing complete ladder sets of 24 pieces ever assembled and display here for your viewing pleasure.

This amazing sets belong to a good friend of mine Mr.Xavier Tan from Singapore.

1)AAA 1234567

2)AAB 1234567

3)AAC 1234567

4)AAD 1234567

5)AAE 1234567

6)AAF 1234567

7)AAG 1234567

8)AAH 1234567

(AAI NON EXIST)

9)AAJ 1234567

10)AAK 1234567

11)AAL 1234567

12)AAM 1234567

13)AAN 1234567

(AAO NON EXIST)

14)AAP 12345678

15)AAQ 1234567

16)AAR 1234567

17)AAS 1234567

18)AAT 1234567

19)AAU 2222222 (AAU 1234567 was destroyed at the stage of printing)

20)AAV 1234567

21)AAW 1234567

22)AAX 1234567

23)AAY 1234567

24)AAZ 1234567

What is the value of this set ? If i use the most recent Bank Negara inaugural auction on the 27th September 2014 realized price as a benchmark that mean each single ladder piece is RM2300 (include buyer's premium) X 23 sets = RM52,900.00 + 1piece solid #2 = RM3105.00 (include buyer's premium for AAU 2222222) Grand total = RM56,005.00 for this sets of 24 pieces.

I would like to thank Mr.Xavier Tan for sharing with us one of his many great collections.

Happy reading.

Andrew

THE RETURN FROM PMG RM10 SA-PULOH, RM20 JAFFAR HUSSEIN, RM50 AZIZ TAHA, RM5 ISMAIL ALI, RM10 XI AZIZ TAHA REPLACEMENT

Today i have received a big lot of banknotes returned from PMG in one big FEDEX box. These are only a mixture of partial banknotes return and there are still 15th lots pending to be graded. Total i have sent more than 1000 pieces of banknotes to PMG thus far.

Now i will share with all of you the un-boxing of my banknotes.

1967 RM10 1st series Ismail Ali SA-PULOH consecutive numbers 66EPQ & 65EPQ.

1967 RM10 1st series Ismail Ali SA-PULOH consecutive numbers 65EPQ.

1967 RM10 1st series Ismail Ali SA-PULOH consecutive numbers 65EPQ.

1976 RM5 3rd series Ismail Ali consecutive numbers 65EPQ & 66EPQ.

1986 RM20 6th series Jaffar Hussein TF, TG, TH, UZ in 65EPQ, 66EPQ & 67EPQ.

1982 RM50 5th series (Blindman series) Aziz Taha in 65EPQ & 66EPQ.

Repeater number B/62 464646 65EPQ.

1981 RM10 4th series Aziz Taha X1 Replacement 65EPQ.

2004 RM10 11th series Zeti ZD2666666 Replacement 66EPQ.

2004 RM10 11th series Zeti ZD2666662 Replacement 66EPQ.

1967 RM10 1st series Ismail Ali SA-PULOH. Two varieties "Broken Thread" & "Solid Thread" consecutive in 66EPQ.

Complete set 1986 6th series RM20 Jaffar Hussein TF (1st prefix), TG, TH (Last prefix), UZ (Replacement) all in 66EPQ & 67EPQ.

1986 6th series RM20 Jaffar Hussein "UZ" Replacement 65EPQ & 66EPQ in consecutive number Very scarce !

All the above banknotes are part of my own collection and are not for sale unless your offer are too attractive for me to resist. 

Happy Viewing.

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 !