Rare Hong Kong Banknote Certified by PMG Offered by Heritage

More than 400 rare Chinese banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®), including a great rarity from Hong Kong, are available to bidders in a Heritage Auctions sale. Bidding for the World Paper Money Signature Auction - Hong Kong runs through December 5, 2022.

Among the many notable PMG-certified items available in this auction is a Hong Kong, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China 1910-11 500 Dollars graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (lot 23298) with an estimate of at least $150,000. The first branch in Hong Kong was opened in 1859, a decade after the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was founded in 1850. According to the PMG Population Report, there are only three Remainders of this catalog number, with this example being the highest-graded.

Other PMG-certified notes in this auction include:

• a group of three China 1953 10 Yuan with consecutive serial numbers graded PMG 62 Uncirculated to PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (lot 23169) with an estimate of at least $200,000
• a Hong Kong, National Bank of China Ltd. 1894 5 Dollars graded PMG 12 Fine (lot 23354) with an estimate of at least $80,000
• a group of 10 China 1953 Specimens (1, 2 and 5 Fen, 1, 2 and 5 Jiao, 1, 2, 3 and 5 Yuan) graded PMG 58 Choice About Unc EPQ to PMG 67 Superb Gem Unc EPQ (lot 23162) with an estimate of at least $40,000
• a Hong Kong 1901 100 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 23319) with an estimate of at least $40,000
• a Hong Kong, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China 1934 100 Dollars graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 23304) with an estimate of at least $30,000
• a Hong Kong 1904-06 100 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 23322) with an estimate of at least $30,000
• a China People's Bank of China 1949 500 Yuan graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 23152) with an estimate of at least $20,000
• a group of two China 1922 100 Dollars – Peking Color Trial Specimens graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated and PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 23218) with an estimate of at least $15,000
• a Hong Kong ND (1911-23) 10 Dollars Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 62 Uncirculated (lot 23300) with an estimate of at least $15,000
• a Hong Kong, Government of Hong Kong ND (1935) 1 Dollar graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Unc EPQ (lot 23359) with an estimate of at least $12,000
• a Macau, Banco Nacional Ultramarino ND (1905-06) 50 Patacas graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (lot 23419) with an estimate of at least $12,000

All estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.