Saturday June 29th 2024:

Below are the 6 note prize for the winner of the JUNE PMF contest.  The first note featured is a 100 Pesos (P-208a) printed in 2010 with the low #6. The 2nd note is a 50 Pesos (P-207a) printed in 2010 with the low #6. The 3rd note is a 20 Pesos (P-206a) printed in 2010 with the low #6.  The first three notes were came from the New Generation Series & the 2010 were often harder to acquire in the Philippines. The 4th note (P-182k) from the Seal Type 5 Issue was printed in the Philippines & much more commonly seen/used in 2010 (also & Low #6). The New Generation 5th note (P-206 not listed) was printed in 2019 & is a solid radar (666666) while the 6th note is an early 2016 Duterte signed note. All notes are Choice to Gem UNC. 

Polymer prize:

This prize below (or the one above-depending on which prize the winner chooses) goes to a PMF contestant with lower than 100 posts & the highest score. First note is P-112 $10 Commemorating 150 years of Canada's confederation. The 50 Baht from Thailand (P-99) celebrates 50 years of their King Rama IX on the throne. The Romanian 2000 Lei (P-111) celebrated the solar eclipse & the new milennium.  The $2.00 (P-61) from the East Caribbean Central bank celebrated 40 years of its existence honouring their "master blaster" cricket legend Isaac Richards. The 25 Dirhams (P-73) from Morocco celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Dar As-Sikkah. 

Saturday May 18th 2024:

Kyle, a collector friend from the US, has been sharing his Local Coin Shop adventures with me.  He has regularly hunted their "Bargain Bin" for World (especially Canadian) banknotes for over 2 years. He often snags some great notes priced too good to pass up.  Often he shows me his latest find (a "cherry pick" in my books) & I know other collectors may be curious about what can be found at their LCS. Each note Kyle has purchased, he has paid bargain prices for.  I have shared three of his finds he submitted to PCGS-B below (this is just a small sample of what he has bought well below book value). 

Only 300,000 of the DC-1c (with no check letter) shinplasters were issued by the Dominion of Canada.  Kyle has a great eye for acceptable eye appeal & since the 150 year old note was under $5 USD he quickly "pulled the trigger."  PCGS has awarded the note a VF-20 which is a fair assessment considering the note shows no design loss (common for the VG - F notes) along the creases. It has great eye-appeal & the paper will no longer age as it is sealed in a PCGS-B holder. BTW: this note could sell for 30 times what Kyle paid for it now!

A full 10,000,000 run of H/A "Narrow Panel" 1937 $1.00 banknotes were issued but it wasn't until years later that collectors realized the design was adjusted to accommodate the Governor/Deputy Governors' signatures, thus few were saved.    Kyle picked this TOUGH note up for the same small change he paid for his Dominion shinplaster. The fact that it came back with a Very Fine 25 grade must have been more music to his ears.  The note is equally pleasing on the reverse (no issues). Another great cherry pick which could fetch him 22 times what he paid for the note!

The 1937 $5.00 X/C prefix change-over (BC-23b) set Kyle back much more than the first 2 notes (naturally) but it was still approximately 1/3 of my old (2019) Charlton Book Value (super low price). PCGS awarded it an Extra Fine - 40 grade which I'm sure was "icing on the cake" for Kyle! This handsome BC-23b $5.00 note had approximately 5,000,000 issued with the Gordon Towers signature so it is much less common than a 10,000,000 (full run) FIVE or a 1937 FIVE with the last "Coyne Towers" (BC-23c) signature combo! This lovely note (with loads of eye appeal) will now be worth three times what Kyle paid!

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