Trigometric Offers PMG-certified Malaysia Note with Highly Desirable Serial Number

More than 200 notes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®), including a Malaysia note with a enviable Solid-8 Serial Number, are being offered in an ongoing Trigometric auction. Bidding is already underway for Trigometric’s November 2025 auction, which is set to end on November 8, 2025.

The top single-item lot is a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1989) 100 Ringgit graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1178) has an estimate of RM30,000 to RM60,000 (about $7,100 to $14,200). Solid Serial Numbers on notes have the same digit repeated throughout, and Solid-8 Serial Numbers are eagerly sought by the paper money collecting community of Asia. The number 8 is considered lucky because the Mandarin Chinese word for eight ((八), (bā)), sounds like the word for wealth ((发), (fā)).

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Other PMG-certified lots in the auction include:

• a lot of 8 Malaysia ND (1986-89) Specimen notes (1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 Ringgits) with matching serial numbers graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated to PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1215) with an estimate of RM100,000 to RM200,000 (about $23,700 to $47,300)
• a lot of 5 Malaysia ND (1981-1984) notes (1, 5, 10, 10 and 50 Ringgits) with matching numbers graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated to PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1236) with an estimate of RM28,000 to RM40,000 (about $6,600 to $9,500)
• a British North Borneo / British Administration 1896-1911 10 Dollars graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 1379) with an estimate of RM18,000 to RM34,000 (about $4,300 to $8,000)
• a Straits Settlements / British Administration 1901-1924 5 Dollars graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 1384) with an estimate of RM18,000 to RM30,000 (about $4,300 to $7,100)
• a Straits Settlements / British Administration 1935 5 Dollars graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (lot 1402) with an estimate of RM10,000 to RM25,000 (about $2,400 to $5,900)
• a lot of 2 Malaysia, Bank Negara Replacement Star notes, an ND (1989) 20 Ringgit graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ and an ND (1987) 1,000 Ringgit graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1263) with an estimate of RM16,000 to RM24,000 (about $3,800 to $5,700)
• a Straits Settlements / British Administration 1914-1924 10 Dollars graded PMG 25 Very Fine NET (lot 1385) with an estimate of RM12,000 to RM24,000 (about $2,800 to $5,700)
• a Straits Settlements / British Administration 1925-29 5 Dollars graded PMG 20 Very Fine (lot 1390) with an estimate of RM5,800 to RM16,000 (about $1,400 to $3,800)

All estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.