PMG-certified Solid Serial Numbers Take Center Stage in Crown Currency Sale

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Among the top highlights of the notes with fancy serial numbers are more than two dozen Solid Serial Numbers. These include a Philippines 2010-16H Bangko Sentral 50 Piso with a Solid-1 Serial Number graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1234) and a China / People’s Republic 1999 1 Yuan with a Solid-9 Serial Number graded PMG 68 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 213).

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The auction also includes dozens of coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®), including a Netherlands 1809 Kingdom of Holland 10 Stuivers graded NGC MS 65 (lot 1841). It depicts Louis Bonaparte, the King of Holland and younger brother of the French emperor, who eventually forced him into exile. This coin is unsurpassed in the NGC Census out of a dozen there.

Other PMG-certified highlights include:

• a US 1882 $500 Gold Certificate graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 1546)
• a France, Banque de France 1918 (ND 1938) 5,000 Francs graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 476)
• a Panama, Banco Central de Emision 1941 1 Balboa graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 1182)
• a Switzerland, National Bank 2006 1,000 Franken graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1848)
• a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1904-21 100 Gulden graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 668)
• a Korea, Bank of Chosen 1916 50 Sen graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (lot 1128)
• a Suriname, Centrale Bank 2000 10,000 Gulden Replacement graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1445)

Other NGC-certified highlights include:

• a US 1900-S $10 graded NGC MS 62 (lot 1646)
• a Netherlands 1592 West Friesland Ducat graded NGC AU 58 (lot 1839)
• two separate lots of a Mexico 1868GO YF 8 Reales graded NGC MS 65 (lots 1831 and 1832)
• a Netherlands 1827 10 Cents graded NGC MS 65 (lot 1842)