Impressive Selection of PMG-certified Canadian Rarities Offered in Stack's Bowers Galleries Auction
Posted on 5/19/2025
More than 250 rare Canadian banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) are being offered in an ongoing auction presented by Stack's Bowers Galleries. Bidding is already underway for the May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Canadian Paper Money, which is being held May 30, 2025.
The top lot in the sale is a Canada, Union Bank of Halifax 1909 $5 graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 30109), which has an estimate of $25,000 to $45,000. No issued examples of this particular note were known to exist until now, with this being the first confirmed, fully issued example of the last note ever issued by the Union Bank of Halifax. Established in Nova Scotia in 1856, the bank played an important role in the economic development of the region for more than five decades. The year after the issuance of this note, the Royal Bank of Canada absorbed the bank, and the Union Bank of Halifax ceased to exist as an independent institution.
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Other PMG-certified banknotes in the auction include:
- a Canada, Union Bank of Newfoundland 1889 $20 graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 30112), which has an estimate of $27,500 to $40,000
- a Canada, Union Bank of Newfoundland 1889 $10 graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 30111), which has an estimate of $17,000 to $30,000
- a Dominion of Canada 1878 $2 graded PMG 15 Choice Fine (lot 30212), which has an estimate of $15,000 to $25,000
- a Canada, Bank of Canada 1937 $1,000 graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 30305), which has an estimate of $12,500 to $20,000
- a Canada, Banque du Canada 1935 $100 - French graded PMG 53 About Uncirculated (lot 30273), which has an estimate of $8,000 to $15,000
- a lot of seven Canada, Bank of Canada 1954 notes ($1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100) graded from PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ to PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 30121), which has an estimate of $7,000 to $12,500
- a Dominion of Canada 1897 $1 graded PMG 53 About Uncirculated (lot 30213), which has an estimate of $8,000 to $12,000
- a Canada, Bank of Canada 1954 $1,000 graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 30334), which has an estimate of $8,000 to $12,000
- a Dominion of Canada 1878 $2 graded PMG 15 Choice Fine (lot 30211), which has an estimate of $5,000 to $10,000
- a Canada, Merchants' Bank of Halifax 1880 $5 graded PMG 10 Very Good NET (lot 30052), which has an estimate of $5,000 to $9,000
All estimates are provided by the auction house.
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