Rare Singapore Notes Certified by PMG Featured in Mavin Auction

Posted on 10/11/2021

The notes include fancy serial numbers, including a Serial Number 1 expected to sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

Hundreds of rare banknotes from Southeast Asia and elsewhere that have been certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) are featured in an upcoming sale by Mavin International. Bids are currently being accepted for Auction 58, which the prestigious Singapore-based auction house will present on November 27, 2021.

Singapore 2015 Commemorative 10 Dollars with Serial Number 1 graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ
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The top lot in the sale is a Singapore 2015 Commemorative 10 Dollars with Serial Number 1 graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 161). It has an estimate of SG$46,000 (about $34,000 USD) and up.

To celebrate 50 years of nation-building, Singapore issued a series of commemorative notes in 2015: one in the $50 denomination and five in the $10 denomination with different themes. (The theme of the note in this auction is "Safety & Security.") The PMG-certified Serial Number 1 for the 2015 $50 Commemorative realized about $400,000 USD in a Mavin sale in November 2018, one of the highest prices ever paid for a world banknote.

Other PMG-certified highlights in the current Mavin sale include:

  • a group of two consecutive Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1972) 50 Dollars, each graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated (Lot 23) with an estimate of SG$900 (about $670 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1973) 50 Dollars with a Solid-1 Series Number graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Lot 29) with an estimate of SG$8,000 (about $5,900 USD) and up
  • a Singapore ND (1973) 50 Dollars Replacement/Star Note graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Lot 31) with an estimate of SG$1,700 (about $1,300 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1976) 1 Dollar graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 43) with an estimate of SG$1,900 (about $1,400 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1976) 1 Dollar with an Ascending Ladder Serial Number graded PMG 58 Choice About Unc (Lot 44) with an estimate of SG$480 (about $350 USD) and up
  • a group of two Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1987) 1 Dollar notes (one with Solid-9s and the other with a 1 Million Serial Number) graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ and PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 64) with an estimate of SG$4,000 (about $3,000 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1991) 2 Dollars with Serial Number 2 graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Unc EPQ (Lot 70) with an estimate of SG$420 (about $300 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1991) 2 Dollars with a Solid-7 Serial Number graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 71) with an estimate of SG$1,200 (about $900 USD) and up
  • a group of two Singapore ND (1991) Replacement/Star Notes, each graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Lot 74), with an estimate of SG$110 (about $80 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1992) 2 Dollars with a 1 Million Serial Number graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 77) with an estimate of SG$900 (about $670 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1998) 2 Dollars with a 1 Million Serial Number graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 85) with an estimate of SG$950 (about $700 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1989) 5 Dollars with a Solid-1 Serial Number graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 87) with an estimate of SG$1,700 (about $1,300 USD) and up
  • a group of 10 Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1987) 50 Dollars with Solid-1 through Solid-9 Serial Numbers and a 1 Million Serial Number, graded from PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 to PMG 67 Superb Gem Unc EPQ (Lot 101), with an estimate of SG$10,000 (about $7,400 USD) and up
  • a Singapore, Board of Commissioners of Currency ND (1999) 1,000 Dollars with Super Serial Number 5 graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Unc EPQ (Lot 148) with an estimate of SG$2,500 (about $1,900 USD) and up
  • a Bermuda/British Administration 1927 10/- Shillings graded PMG 30 Very Fine EPQ (Lot 205) with an estimate of SG$4,800 (about $3,600 USD) and up
  • a Burma, Union Bank ND (1958) 5 Kyats Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 212) with an estimate of SG$190 (about $140 USD) and up
  • a Burma, Union Bank ND (1958) 10 Kyats Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Unc EPQ (Lot 213) with an estimate of SG$190 (about $140 USD) and up
  • a Danzig, Bank of Danzig 1924 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (Lot 234) with an estimate of SG$5,200 (about $3,900 USD) and up
  • a Danzig, Bank of Danzig 1931 100 Gulden graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (Lot 235) with an estimate of SG$4,200 (about $3,100 USD) and up
  • a German East Africa 1905 50 Rupien graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (Lot 238) with an estimate of SG$2,600 (about $1,900 USD) and up
  • a group of two consecutive Malaya/British Administration 1941 (ND 1945) 1 Dollar notes, each graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 294) with an estimate of SG$1,800 (about $1,300 USD) and up
  • a Malaya/British Administration 1941 (ND 1945) 5 Dollars graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 301) with an estimate of SG$4,800 (about $3,600 USD) and up
  • a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1976) 1 Ringgit graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 322) with an estimate of SG$1,300 (about $1,000 USD) and up
  • a Netherlands Indies ND (1945) 1,000 Roepiah Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (Lot 344) with an estimate of SG$1,600 (about $1,200 USD) and up
  • a Straits Settlements/British Administration 1914-24 10 Dollars graded PMG 20 Very Fine (Lot 360) with an estimate of SG$7,500 (about $5,600 USD) and up

All estimates are provided by the auction house.


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