Highly Prized Specimen Certified by PMG Offered in Crown Currency Sale

Hundreds of banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) and dozens of coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) are being offered in a Crown Currency sale. Bidding is already underway for the Crown Currency Live Auction 31 - Banknotes & Coins, which focuses on rarities from the Netherlands and its former colonies and is being held on August 30, 2024.

A top PMG-graded highlight in the sale is a Netherlands Indies 1968 100 Gulden Specimen graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 196). Interestingly, at the time this Specimen was printed, it was given a date well into the future: 1968. In 1951, the newly independent Indonesian government nationalized Javasche Bank, which was later renamed Bank Indonesia in 1953. This intricate note has become extremely popular with collectors through the years due to its historical significance and the attractive engravings throughout its design. Of this particular catalog number, only two examples have higher grades in the PMG Population Report.

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Other PMG-certified notes in the auction include:

• a Netherlands Indies, Javasche Bank 1925-28 100 Gulden graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 192)
• a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1929-31 50 Gulden graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 511)
• a Netherlands, State Note 1943 100 Gulden graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 529)
• a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1945 1,000 Gulden graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 554)
• a Netherlands, Nederlandsche Bank 1955 20 Gulden graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 474)

NGC-certified coins in the auction include:

• a Netherlands 1750-dated Holland 7 Gulden - 1960 Restrike graded NGC MS 68 (lot 21)
• a Netherlands 1750-dated Holland 7 Gulden - 1960 Restrike graded NGC MS 66 (lot 22)
• a Netherlands 1828B 10 Gulden graded NGC MS 65 (lot 23)
• a Netherlands 1917 10 Gulden graded NGC MS 65 (lot 36)
• an Indonesia 1974 Gold 100,000 Rupiah - Conservation Series, Komodo Dragon graded NGC MS 66 (lot 13)