Greek Auction Offers Hundreds of PMG-certified Notes from Dozens of Countries
Posted on 2/10/2022
Banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) from dozens of countries are featured in A. Karamitsos’s Auction 986 Part A and Part B. Online bidding is already underway for the sale and concludes March 12-13, 2022.
Most of the notes in the auction are from Greece. A highlight is a Greece 1943 500,000 Drachmai Agricultural Treasury Bond graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (lot 6738). The note, issued during a time of rapid inflation during World War II, has a starting price of €1,500 (about $1,700).
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Greece 1943 500,000 Drachmai Agricultural Treasury Bond graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine. Starting price: €1,500 (about $1,700) Click images to enlarge. |
Another highlight in the sale is a German East Africa 1905 100 Rupien graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (lot 7447), with a starting price of €1,500 (about $1,700). The note, featuring a portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II, was the currency of German East Africa from 1890 to 1916 and continued to circulate in the region until 1920.
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German East Africa 1905 100 Rupien graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated Starting price: €1,500 (about $1,700)Click images to enlarge. |
Other PMG-certified highlights of the auction include:
- a United States 1934 $1,000 Federal Reserve Note (Chicago) graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 7573), with a starting price of €1,500 (about $1,700)
- a Greece, Bank of Greece 1947 10,000 Drachmai graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 6640), with a starting price of €900 (about $1,000)
- a Cyprus / British Administration 1939-50 5/- Shillings graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 6784), with a starting price of €850 (about $970)
- a Greece, Bank of Greece 1947 5,000 Drachmai graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 6637), with a starting price of €700 (about $800)
- a Greece / Italian Occupation – World War II ND (1941) 10,000 Drachmai graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 6774), with a starting price of €550 (about $625)
- a Bermuda / British Administration 1970 10 Dollars graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7540), with a starting price of €250 (about $285)
- a European Union / France 2019 100 Euro graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7269), with a starting price of €130 (about $150)
- a Luxembourg 1956 100 Francs graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7320), with a starting price of €100 (about $115)
- a Turkey, Banque Imperiale Ottomane 1876-78/AH1293 100 Kurush graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 7372), with a starting price of €90 (about $100)
Starting prices are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US dollars.
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