PMG-Certified Canadian Banknotes Highlight Karisik Auction

World banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) – including an impressive selection of Canadian rarities – are being offered in Karisik Auction’s Winter Sale on December 12, 2020. Online bidding is now open.

One of the most anticipated notes in the sale is a rare Canada, Bank of Canada 1937 $50 graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated that is estimated between CA$20,000 to CA$25,000 (about $15,300 to $19,100 USD). Of the 100,000 1937 $50 notes featuring the Osborne-Towers signature combination, only about 100 are known to have survived. This high-grade example is one of five recognized in uncirculated condition.

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Meanwhile, a China, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. 1922 10 Dollars - Chefoo graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated also has an estimate of CA$20,000 to CA$25,000 (about $15,300 to $19,100 USD). Chefoo’s adjacency to the main British trading port spurred such large capital flows through the small city that HSBC established multiple offices and created a special series of Chefoo note designs. The note has the low serial number of 00725, with only 9 other examples recorded in the PMG Population Report.

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Other PMG-certified highlights include:

• a Canada, Consolidated Bank 1876 $4 graded PMG 15 Choice Fine, with an estimate of CA$12,500 to CA$17,500 (about $9,600 USD to $13,400 USD)
• a Canada, Canadian Bank of Commerce 1917 $20 graded PMG 15 Choice Fine, with an estimate of CA$11,000 to CA$13,000 (about $8,400 to $9,900 USD)
• a Dominion of Canada 1923 $1 graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated, with an estimate of CA$3,000 to CA$7,000 (about $2,300 to $5,300 USD)
• a Canada, Royal Bank of Canada 1927 $100 graded PMG 25 Very Fine, with an estimate of CA$4,000 to CA$6,000 (about $3,100 to $4,600 USD)
• a Canada, Bank of Canada 1954 $1,000 graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated, with an estimate of CA$5,000 to CA$5,500 (about $3,800 to $4,200 USD)
• a Canada, Dominion Bank 1901 $50 graded PMG 15 Choice Fine, with an estimate of CA$4,500 to CA$5,500 (about $3,400 to $4,200 USD)
• a Newfoundland, Government of Newfoundland 1920 $2 graded PMG 25 Very Fine, with an estimate of CA$3,500 to CA$4,000 CAD (about $2,700 to $3,100 USD)
• a Dominion of Canada 1897 $2 graded PMG 30 Very Fine, with an estimate of CA$3,500 to CA$4,000 (about $2,700 to $3,100 USD)
• a Canada, Bank of Canada 1937 $100 graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated, with an estimate of CA$3,000 to CA$4,000 (about $2,300 to $3,100 USD)
• a Newfoundland, Government of Newfoundland 1920 $2 graded PMG 25 Very Fine, with an estimate of CA$3,200 to CA$3,600 CAD (about $2,400 to $2,800 USD)

All estimates provided by the auction house.