PMG-certified Rarities from Iraq and the Netherlands Star in Crown Currency Auction
Posted on 10/20/2026
A group of Specimens from Iraq and rare reprints from the Netherlands, all certified by PMG®, are just a few of the impressive world notes available to bidders in the Crown Currency Live Auction 60. Online bidding is already underway, with the auction concluding on October 27, 2026.
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Featured in this auction is a group of five PMG-certified Iraq, Government of Iraq 1931 (ND 1942) Specimen notes (lot 475). This set includes a 1/4 Dinar graded PMG 62 Uncirculated, a 1/2 Dinar graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated, and 1, 5 and 10 Dinar notes all graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated.
These historically significant notes showcase the portrait of King Faisal II as a child and represent an outstanding group for collectors of Iraqi currency. Four of the five notes are PMG “Top Pops,” each the finest example recorded in the PMG Population Report at its respective grade. Bidding had already surpassed $8,000 with several days remaining until the auction.
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Also available in this sale are several Netherlands 1846 Reprints, including this 1846 500 Gulden Reprint graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 740). Produced in the 1930s by Joh. Enschedé, the original printer, on behalf of De Nederlandsche Bank, these official reprints reproduce the five denominations of the exceptionally rare 1846 Netherlands banknote series. Only two complete sets are believed to exist, according to the auction house, making this well-preserved set a remarkable piece of Dutch monetary history.
Original issued notes are extremely scarce, with the 100 and 500 Gulden denominations virtually unobtainable, making these reprints a rare opportunity to acquire a complete representation of this historically significant series.
Other PMG-certified notes in this sale include:
- a European Union / Finland 2002 500 Euro graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 318)
- a Greece Bank of Greece 1927 (ND 1928) 100 Drachmai graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 366)
- a Netherlands Silver Note 1914 2 1/2 Gulden graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 634)
- a Netherlands 1930 500 Gulden Replacement graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 675)
- a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1956 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 719)
- a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1994 (ND 1996) 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 1214)
- a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1994 (ND 1996) 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 735)
- a Palestine Currency Board 1939 500 Mils graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine EPQ (lot 898)
- a Panama, Banco Central De Emision 1941 1 Balboa graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine EPQ (lot 899)
- a Switzerland, National Bank 2006 1,000 Franken graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 54)
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