Auction Catalogue

23 March 2024

Starting at 6:00 PM

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

Sands Expo and Convention Centre  10 Bayfront Ave  Singapore  018956

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№ 163

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23 March 2024

Estimate: S$44,000–S$55,000

Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, colour trial $10000, ND (1953), no serial numbers, red on ornate multicoloured underprint, Elizabeth II at right, orchids in green and pink in field, reverse red and white, the arms of the 16 Federated Malay States in field, value top left and right, black SPECIMEN overprint and text SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE THOMAS DE LA RUE & CO. in margins, previously mounted and rough removal has necessitated a few minor repairs, but an original note in all other respects, in PMG holder 62, uncirculated, only two of the seven examples graded by PMG are better than this
BNB B107t, Pick 7cts, KNB 7cCT S$44,000-S$55,000

This is the Boon plate note