PMG-certified East Africa Specimen Offered in April Auction

Hundreds of world banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) are being offered in a Heritage Auctions sale this month. Online bidding is currently underway, with the sale concluding on April 30, 2021.

The top lot is an exceedingly rare East Africa, Currency Board 1920 500 Florins = £50 Specimen graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 28231) that is the highest value of an extinct denomination. In the PMG Population Report, there are only two examples graded. This specimen has an estimate of $30,000 and up.

East Africa, Currency Board 1920 500 Florins = £50 Specimen graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated Click images to enlarge.

Other PMG-certified notes in the sale include:

• an East Africa, Currency Board 1920 100 Florins=£10 Specimen graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 28230), with an estimate of $20,000 and up
• a Spain, Banco de España 1875 50 Pesetas Specimen Proof graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 28542), with an estimate of $20,000 and up
• a Spain, Banco de España 1875 100 Pesetas Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated and pedigreed to the Solovey “Russian” Collection (lot 28543), with an estimate of $20,000 and up
• a pair of Dominion of Canada 1901 $1,000 Proofs graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated EPQ and PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated, both pedigreed to the Solovey “Russian” Collection (lot 28169), with an estimate of $18,000 and up
• a Canada, Bank of Canada 1935 $1,000 - English graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 28177), with an estimate of $15,000 and up
• a Japan, Bank of Japan ND (1927) 200 Yen Specimen graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 28373), with an estimate of $15,000 and up
• a Spain, Banco de España 1862 4,000 Reales de Vellón graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated NET (lot 28535), with an estimate of $15,000 and up
• an East Africa, Currency Board 1920 50 Florins=£5 Specimen graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 28232), with an estimate of $15,000 and up
• an Australia ND (1918) £50 (lot 28006) graded PMG 30 Very Fine, with an estimate of $10,000 and up
• an Egypt, National Bank 1898 (ND 1904) £50 graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 28282) and pedigreed to the Solovey “Russian” Collection, with an estimate of $9,000 and up
• a China, Ming Dynasty 1368-99 1 Kuan graded PMG 53 About Uncirculated with an estimate of $7,000 and up
• a Malaya & British Borneo 1953 50 Dollars Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (lot 28391), with an estimate of $5,000 and up

All estimates are provided by the auction house in US dollars.