Stack's Bowers Offers High-grade Canada $1,000 Note Certified by PMG

Collectors have their pick from over 400 stunning collectible world banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) in an upcoming Stack’s Bowers Galleries sale. Online bidding is already underway for the NYINC Auction of World Paper Money, which will be held on January 13, 2024.

The top lot in this auction is a Canada, Bank of Canada 1935 $1,000 - “English” graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 60054) with an estimate of $50,000 to $70,000. The banknote showcases Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who was prime minister from 1896 to 1911. Remarkable as the highest denomination in the series, this particular banknote boasts the distinction of achieving the single-finest grade among nearly 70 examples in the PMG Population Report.

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Other PMG-certified banknotes in this auction include:

• a Costa Rica, Banco Internacional 1918 100 Colones graded PMG 20 Very Fine (lot 60179) with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000
• a Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica 1897 50 Colones with Serial Number 2 graded PMG 20 Very Fine (lot 60172) with an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000
• a Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica 1897 25 Colones graded PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine NET (lot 60171) with an estimate of $25,000 to $35,000
• a Suriname, Surinaamsche Bank 1941-48 100 Gulden graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (lot 60458) with an estimate of $25,000 to $35,000
• a Costa Rica, Banco de Costa Rica 1906 20 Colones graded PMG 20 Very Fine (lot 60163) with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica 1885 25 Pesos graded PMG 12 Fine (lot 60170) with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Czechoslovakia / Republic 1919 500 Korun graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 60244) with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Trinidad & Tobago 1914 1,000 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (lot 60481) with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Zanzibar / British Administration 1920 1 Rupee Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 60505) with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica 1865 100 Pesos graded PMG 10 Very Good (lot 60169) with an estimate of $17,500 to $25,000

Estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol indicates US Dollars.