PMG-certified World Banknotes in Stack's Maastricht Sale

A rare note from the Middle East is among more than 600 banknotes from across the globe that are certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) and being offered in an upcoming Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction. Bidding is already underway for the Spring 2024 Maastricht Auction of World Paper Money, which will be held May 9, 2024.

At center stage is a Palestine, Currency Board 1939 £1 graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 50557), with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000. These notes date from the British Mandate that was set up after the Ottoman Empire ceded control of the region at the end of World War I. The PMG Population Report records over 700 examples of this particular catalog number, but only one example is graded higher than this lot. In fact, the PMG Population Report records only seven notes graded higher out of more than 2,500 notes recorded under all catalog numbers from the Palestine - British Mandate.

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Other PMG-certified notes in this auction include:

• a Curacao / Dutch Administration 1930 250 Gulden graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 50237), with an estimate of $15,000 to $25,000
• a Costa Rica, Banco Internacional 1931-36 2 Colones graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 50228), with an estimated value of $15,000 to $20,000
• an India, Reserve Bank ND (1959) 100 Rupees graded PMG 25 Very Fine NET (lot 50412), with an estimate of $15,000 to $20,000
• a Jordan, Currency Board 1949 50 Dinars Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 50477), with an estimate of $15,000 to $20,000
• a Canada, Union Bank of Halifax 1900 5 Dollars graded PMG 12 Fine NET (lot 50207), with an estimate of $7,500 to $15,000
• a China, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank 1914 100 Dollars graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 50224), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
• a Curacao / Dutch Administration 1929 20 Gulden graded PMG 12 Fine NET (lot 50233) with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
• a Curacao, S.E.L. Maduro & Sons 1893 50 Centen graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 50288), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
• a German East Africa 1912 500 Rupien graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 50361), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
• a Tannu-Tava / Republic 1935 3 Aksha graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 50677), with an estimate of $7,500 to $12,500
• a Latvia, State Treasury Note 1935 20 Latu Specimen graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (lot 50487), with an estimate of $5,000 to $10,000

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