Spink Offers PMG-certified Rarities in 360th Anniversary Sale

Respected London-based auction house Spink is celebrating a milestone with its 360th Anniversary Sale, offering an eclectic selection of collectibles, including notes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®). Bidding is already underway for the auction, which concludes on December 9, 2025.

The top PMG-certified lot is one of the few paper money collectibles older than Spink itself, which was founded in 1666. The China - Ming Dynasty 1368-99 1 Kuan graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (lot 37) has an estimate of £7,000 to £11,000 (about $9,200 to $14,500). The PMG Population Report lists 472 examples of this highly collectible note from the earliest years of the Ming Dynasty, with only 43 graded higher than this one. It has a starting bid of £1,666, a nod to the year in which Spink was founded.

Other PMG-certified highlights in the sale include:

• a Kingdom of Persia, Imperial Bank ND; 1890-1923 500 Tomans Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 40), with an estimate of £6,000 to £9,000 (about $7,900 to $11,900)
• a Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. 1879-89 1 Dollar graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 39), with an estimate of £6,000 to £8,000 (about $7,900 to $10,500)
• a Great Britain, Treasury Note ND (1914) 1 Pound with Serial Number 2 graded PMG 62 Uncirculated (lot 41), with an estimate of £5,000 to £8,000 (about $6,600 to $10,500)
• a Philippines, Bangko Sentral 1998 100,000 Piso Commemorative graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 42), with an estimate of £1,800 to £2,600 (about $2,400 to $3,400)
• a British Guiana ND (ca. 1900s) 100 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 38), with an estimate of £400 to £700 (about $500 to $900)

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