Heritage Offers More PMG-certified Rarities from the Peh Family Collection
Posted on 10/21/2025
More selections of exquisite world banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) from an elite collection are available to collectors in an upcoming auction. Bidding begins in mid-November for Heritage Auctions’ HKINF World Paper Money Signature Auction - Hong Kong, which concludes on December 5, 2025.
The Peh Family Collection is a phenomenal group of numismatic rarities that included an England 1703 VIGO 5 Guineas that realized $900,000 in January 2024.
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Now returning to the spotlight, the collection's latest offerings include a Malaya & British Borneo / British Administration 1953 1,000 Dollars graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated EPQ. Issued during the early years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the 1953 Malaya and British Borneo $1,000 note was printed in limited numbers for high-value transactions. The note’s survival rate is remarkably low, as few were retained once smaller denominations became more practical. Collectors prize this denomination not only for its scarcity but for its place at the crossroads of British imperial and Southeast Asian monetary history.
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Also available is a Malaya ND (1942) 10,000 Dollars Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated. This specimen from the Malaya Board of Commissioners of Currency is a relic of wartime and postwar monetary design, and was never intended for public hands. Produced by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, this trial showcases the artistry and experimental precision of British note printing at its peak. No issued examples are recorded in the PMG Population — only eight examples of Color Trial Specimens alongside a handful other Specimens and Printer Proofs.
Other PMG-certified highlights from the Peh Family Collection in this auction include:
- a China, Deutsche-Asiatische Bank 1907 20 Taels graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine
- a China, Yue Soo Imperial Bank 1906 1 Dollar graded PMG 20 Very Fine
- a China, Kiangse Government Bank 1907 100 Taels graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine
- a China, Kiangse Government Bank 1907 2 Taels graded PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine
- a China, Yunnan Official Currency Bureau 1907 7 Mace 2 Candareens = 1 Dollar graded PMG 25 Very Fine
- a China, Ili Official Currency Bureau 1909 1,000 Cash graded PMG 25 Very Fine
- a China, Ili Official Currency Bureau 1909 2,000 Cash graded PMG 25 Very Fine
- a China, Bank of China 1909 (1912) 5 Dollars - Peking graded PMG 30 Very Fine
- a China, Bank of China 1909 (1912) 5 Dollars - Shanghai graded PMG 30 Very Fine
- a China, Shensi Official Currency Bureau 1911-12 10 Taels graded PMG 30 Very Fine
- a China, Provincial Bank of Chihli ND (1916) 50 Dollars graded PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine
- a China / People’s Republic, 1953 10 Yuan graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine EPQ
- a Malaya / British Administration 1942; ND (1945) 1,000 Dollars Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ
- a Malaya / British Administration 1942 (ND 1945) 1,000 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated
- a set of two China, Bank of China ND (1912) 1 Dollar notes, Front Proof (graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated) and Back Proof (graded PMG 62 Uncirculated NET)
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