Auction Catalogue

25 March 2023

Starting at 6:00 PM

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The Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Banknotes - Part One

Sands Expo and Convention Centre  10 Bayfront Ave  Singapore  018956

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Lot

№ 5

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25 March 2023

Hammer Price:
S$18,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, specimen $5, Singapore, 18-(ca 1890), no serial numbers, black, Royal arms at top centre flanked by a lion and a unicorn, value in yellow underprint at centre, reverse green, bank title at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint, a W.W. Sprague engraving, in PMG holder 64 choice uncirculated, this being the only example graded by PMG, handsome and extremely rare
TBB unlisted, Pick S111s, KNB 7s, Tan C1a for type S$20,000-S$28,000

This is the KNB and Tan plate note