Trigometric Auction Spotlights Rare PMG-certified Notes and NGC-certified Coins from Southeast Asia

More than 700 notes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) and more than 100 coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) are being offered by Trigometric in an upcoming auction. Bidding is already underway for the auction, titled A Special Collection of Chinese, Malaysia and World Banknotes, World Coins & Cards, with Session 1 and Session 2 scheduled for October 21-22, 2023.

The top lot in the auction is a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1976-81) 1,000 Ringgit Specimen Proof graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Session 2, lot 2682). PMG has certified nearly 500,000 notes from Malaysia, more than for any other country except China and the United States. This is Malaysia's highest denomination, and these Specimen Proofs are very rare. This note has an estimate of RM130,000 to RM180,000 (about $28,000 to $38,000).

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Other PMG-certified highlights in the auction include:

• a group of seven Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1982-84) 500 Ringgits with consecutive serial numbers, all graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Session 2, lot 2118), with an estimate of RM38,000 to RM50,000 (about $8,100 to $10,600)
• a British North Borneo / British Administration 1900-10 50 Cents graded PMG 20 Very Fine (Session 2, lot 2683), with an estimate of RM30,000 to RM50,000 (about $6,400 to $10,600)
• a group of two Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1983-84) 1,000 Ringgits with consecutive serial numbers, both graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Session 2, lot 2120), with an estimate of RM28,000 to RM40,000 (about $5,900 to $8,500)
• a group of three Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1967) 100 Ringgits with consecutive serial numbers graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated to PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Session 2, lot 2019), with an estimate of RM24,000 to RM30,000 (about $5,100 to $6,400)
• a group of Malaysia, Bank Negara 2017 60 Ringgit and 600 Ringgit Commemoratives with matching serial numbers graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ and PMG 68 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ, respectively (Session 2, lot 2584), with an estimate of RM24,000 to RM30,000 (about $5,100 to $6,400)
• a China / Ch'ing Dynasty 1857 (Yr. 7) 1,000 Cash graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Session 1, lot 1366), with an estimate of RM19,000 to RM25,000 (about $4,000 to $5,300)
• a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1967-72) 10 Ringgit with a Solid-2 Serial Number graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (Session 2, lot 2591), with an estimate of RM14,000 to RM20,000 (about $3,000 to $4,200)
• a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1989) 500 Ringgit graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (Session 2, lot 2239), with an estimate of RM10,000 to RM16,000 (about $2,100 to $3,400)
• a China / People's Republic 1949 500 Yuan graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (Session 1, lot 1384), with an estimate of RM12,000 to RM13,000 (about $2,500 to $2,800)

The auction also features NGC-certified coins, including:

• a Malaysia 1969 50 Sen - No Security Edge graded NGC MS 62 (Session 1, lot 1213), with an estimate of RM20,000 to RM30,000 (about $4,200 to $6,400)
• a Sarawak 1941H Cent graded NGC MS 62 RB (Session 1, lot 1063), with an estimate of RM6,500 to RM8,000 (about $1,400 to $1,700)
• a group of 19 Malaysia Sen coins with dates between 1967 and 1988 graded NGC MS 62 RB to NGC MS 66 RD (Session 1, lot 1133), with an estimate of RM6,000 to RM8,000 (about $1,300 to $1,700)
• a Malaysia 1971 Gold 100 Ringgit - Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj graded NGC MS 64 (Session 1, lot 1355), with an estimate of RM4,600 to RM6,000 (about $1,000 to $1,300)
• a Malaysia 1976 Bronze Sen graded NGC MS 63 RB (Session 1, lot 1198), with an estimate of RM3,000 to RM5,000 (about $600 to $1,100)

Estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.