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Today Kids Project will be Queen Elizebeth II coins. One of the longest reigning monarchs of the British. You can easily find a coins with Queen Elizebeth II faces since she is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known informally as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She are also acting as Head of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Duke of Normandy, Lord of Mann, and Paramount Chief of Fiji.

To anyone who is new to my blog, Kids Project is a suggestion from me, the best and cheap way to start collecting coin for your kids. This coin hunting project will only cost around 50 to 100 ringgit and you don't need to start with a big budget. You can give them a small budget every month and go out together for their coin hunting trip. You do not have to start with any budget at all with some of my Kids project. Most of them is a circulation coin that you can find in your pocket.

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926).

Here are some of the Queen Elizebeth II coins that you can collect:

United Kingdom 2003 20 pence
weight: 5.0000 g., Copper-Nickel, Diameter: 21.4 mm.
Obv:Head with tiara right
Rev: Crowned rose

New Zealand 1971 10 cents
weight: 5.6500 g., Copper-Nickel, Diameter: 23.62 mm.
Obv:Young bust right
Rev: Value above Maori mask, koruru
Note: Rounded, high relief portrait. Many recalled and melted in 2006.

HongKong 1978 one dollar
Weight: 7.1000 g., Copper-Nickel, Diameter: 25.5 mm.
Obv:Young bust right
Rev: Upright crowned 3/4 lion with orb left

Canada 1974 25 cents
Weight: 5.0600 g., Nickel Ruler, Diameter: 23.8 mm.
Obv.: Young bust right
Rev.: Caribou left, denomination above, date at right

Do you know that Queen Elizabeth II coin portraits have many different designs. You can read about it here;Queen Elizabeth II coin portraits.

Have you start any kids project lately? Is that kids project involve any coin or banknote collecting? Feel free to share them with everyone in here.

Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden Central Bank) has released Sweden new banknotes images that will start to circulate in early October 2015. On 25 Mac 2013, The Riksbank has reached agreement with the copyright holders for the images and symbols that will be used on the new banknotes. In connection with this, the portrait of Dag Hammarskjöld on the 1000-krona banknote has been replaced. The new portrait is based on a photograph taken by the Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh. The Riksbank pay (Swedish krona)SEK85,000 to the copyright holders for the seven large images as a one-off payment for using the images.

Sweden new banknotes:

20 Kronor
Photo of Astrid Lindgren: Jacob Forsell/ Scanpix
Drawing of Pippi Långstrump: Ingrid Vang Nyman/ Saltkråkan

50 Kronor
Photo of Evert Taube: Bengt Adin
Notes from Evert Taubes ”Så länge skutan kan gå”/ Universal Music Publishing

100 Kronor
Photo of Greta Garbo: Clarence Sinclair Bull/Warner Bros

200 Kronor
Photo of Ingmar Bergman: Frederick-Edwin Bertin
Photo from the filming of ”Sjunde inseglet”: Louis Huch/Svensk filmindustri

500 Kronor
Photo of Birgit Nilsson and from the performance of ”Valkyrian”: Enar Merkel Rydberg/Kungliga Operan

1000 Kronor
Photo of Dag Hammarskjöld: Yousuf Karsh
Photo from Lappland: Claes Grundsten

The new banknotes will be made of cotton and will be smaller than the current ones. The height of all denominations will be 66 mm, while the length will vary between 120 and 154 mm. The banknotes will be equipped with special features in intaglio print for the visually impaired.

The Riksbank is also publishing the texts that will form the basis for the mini- and micro-texts on the new banknotes. The mini- and micro-texts are interwoven with the banknotes' motifs and act as extra security features.

The texts are linked to the individuals portrayed on the respective banknotes. The 20-krona banknote, for example, will contain a line from "Pippi Longstocking", one of Astrid Lindgren's most famous books, while the 500-krona banknote will have a text listing Birgit Nilsson's operatic roles. All the mini- and micro-texts are available on the Riksbank's website.

The United States Mint will open a coin design competition that will culminate in the Secretary of the Treasury's selection of the image for the obverse (heads side) of the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins on 11 April 2013. The design shall be emblematic of the game of baseball.

The Baseball Coin Design Competition will be open to all U.S. citizens and permanent residents, ages 14 and older. The winner of the design competition will be awarded $5,000, and the winner's initials will appear on the minted coins.

A separate Kids' Baseball Coin Design Challenge for children ages 13 and under is also being held. Winners will receive a National Baseball Hall of Fame $1 Silver Commemorative Coin. The winning children's designs will also be showcased on the Department of the Treasury, United States Mint, and National Baseball Hall of Fame web sites.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act (Act) (Public Law 112-152) calls for a three-coin program of $5 gold, $1 silver, and half-dollar clad coins, and requires a competition to select a common obverse design emblematic of the game of baseball. This is the first time the United States Mint has held a public design competition since 1992.

In addition, the $5 gold and $1 silver coins will be the first "curved" coins minted and issued by the United States Mint, with the reverses (tail sides) being convex to more closely resemble a baseball and the obverses being concave to provide a more dramatic design.

Thinking about entering this competition? Here are some things to consider:

The obverse design must be "emblematic of the game of baseball" and must include the inscriptions "Liberty," "In God We Trust," and "2014."
Two-dimensional designs must be monochrome, not color, and three-dimensional models must be made using neutral plaster or a durable plastic material and should be approximately 8" in diameter.
Designs must not include the name or depiction of a real player or any other person, living or not.
Designs must not include depictions, names, emblems, logos, trademarks or any other indicia associated with any specific commercial, private, educational, civic, religious, sports, or other organizations whose membership or ownership is not universal, including any current or former baseball team, either professional or amateur.
Designs must not include any depiction of a real baseball stadium, field, arena, either in whole or in part, whether or not currently existing or in use.
Department of the Treasury employees, contractors and former contractors under the Mint's Artistic Infusion Program are ineligible, including United States Mint and other Treasury offices and bureaus.

For both the design competition and the kids challenge, the United States Mint will be working with the U.S. Government website, Challenge.gov. For guidelines, rules and entry instructions, please visit www.usmint.gov and www.usmint.gov/kids/kidsbatterup.

An extremely rare pattern or essai of Silver Chinese Dragon Coin, the first dollar of the Anking Mint of Anhwei will be auction by Stack's Bowers in their April 2013 Hong Kong Auction starting 1st April. The 1897 dragon silver dollar is struck in Silvered Brass with PCGS SP-63+ Secure Holder. The price estimate between $250,000 - $300,000.

The Anhwei Mint formerly located in the city of Anking was originally founded in the 23rd year of Kuang Hsu (1897). Initially this mint was established for the purpose of producing local silver coinage with the intent to replace the then popular 8 Reales. Clearly this goal was not achieved as the 8 Reales remained in circulation well into the 20th century.

Anhwei Mint silver coinage generally remains scarce to rare, suggesting rather small mintages. This short lived mint produced coinage for approximately two years before coining operations ceased and the mint was dismantled. Perhaps the reason for the short lived nature of this mint was the lower purity metallic content of its silver emissions. Coinage from this province was not widely accepted by neighboring provinces as it was found to be lower purity silver than the products of other mints. This is perhaps the reason silver issues from this mint are often found with many chopmarks. After the mint was dismantled, a new mint in Anhwei was established in the 28th year of Kuang Hsu (1902); however, its activities were limited to the production of copper coinage. Production of all Anhwei silver coinage occurred at the first mint in Anking.

The coin is clearly of special manufacture intended for presentation purposes. It exhibits a bold full strike with all characters and details sharp and fully stuck up.

The recent discovery of production material shed new light on the creation of this coinage. The findings included patterns, dies, hubs and a series of punches from the archives of the Otto Beh company, Esslingen, Germany. Before this, the origin of the dies used to produce coinage for the provinces of Anhwei, Chekiang, Fengtien, Heilungkiang and Sungarei was only speculated upon. Otto Beh was a specialist in the production of seals and dies. From neighboring Goppingen, Louis Schuler received an order for coining presses in 1895 and commissioned Otto Beh to manufacture the dies. In 1897 and 1898, Beh supplied Schuler with over 200 dies for Chinese coins. At the time, this was the largest order that the company had ever received. Schuler, which started as a Locksmith’s shop in 1839, had grown to become one of the world’s leaders in metal forming and in fact supplied the aforementioned mints with coining presses.

The English letters "T. A. S. C." are neatly placed in a clockwise manner in the field. Wenchao suggests it is an abbreviation of "TATSING AN-HWEI SILVER COIN", meaning "Anhwei silver coin of the Great Qing". One of the rarest dollars in the provincial dragon series, with only a few examples known today.

Source: stacksbowers.com

Do you know what coin hold the record for Australia most expensive gold coin? A 1920 Sydney Mint Sovereign sold for a record price AUD$1.02 million (£650,000) at London Auction won by an International dealer of gold coins and bullion Robert Jaggard in September 2012. Jaggard made the record breaking bid by phone from Sydney on behalf of a private Australian collector.

The coin obverse bust engraved by Edgar Bertram MacKennal, bare head left, B.M. on truncation, toothed border both sides, “GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP:”

The coin reverse struck en medaille, engraved after Benedetto Pistrucci, St George slaying dragon with sword, horse with long tail, broken lance on groundline to left, WWP in relief under lance, S for Sydney in relief on groundline at centre, date in exergue, tiny B.P. to upper right, edge milled.

Only three 1920 Sydney Mint Sovereign held by private collectors and there's only a couple more in museums around the world. Even though they're 360,000 Sovereigns struck by the Mint in 1920, only few sovereign dated 1920. Some believe many of 1920 Sovereigns has been melted down, others think that 1919 dated coins are included in the 1920 mintage.

The 1920 Sydney Mint coin was originally sold for AUD$4250 in 1979. It went back on the market in 2006 and was bought for AUD$580,000 at auction. One of the other two coins was sold three years ago for AUD$844,000.

Here is a list of "World's Most Expensive Coins" according to my record in lunaticg.blogspot.com. Most of the coins in this list are came from United States. Most of these coins are sold in auction around the world and some were sold in private treaty. These coins are extremely rare and they're a lot of counterfeit in the market. I advice everyone who has the same coin, don't just jump into conclusion that you have a rare coin. Your coin might be fake or have a different year date then what I post in here.

Top 5 World Most Expensive Coins:

1. 1794 flowing hair silver dollar-USD$10,016,875

On 24 January 2013, A 1794 silver dollar sold for USD$10,016,875 (including the buyer's commission) in Stack’s Bowers Cardinal Collection auction. The coveted 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar, a superb Gem Specimen example, the finest known to exist. The coin was part of the Cardinal Collection, amassed by the collector Martin Logies. Bowers described the collection as the "Old Masters" of coins struck during the earliest years of the U.S. Mint. The record-setting coin shows a profile of Miss Liberty facing right surrounded by stars representing each state in the union. The design was only used in 1794 and briefly the following year. Read More: 1794 silver dollar sells for US$10mil.

2. $20 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle-USD$7,590,020

On 30 July 2002, a 1933 double eagle was sold to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby's auction held in New York for $6.6 million, plus a 15-percent buyer's premium, and an additional $20 needed to “monetize” the face value of the coin so it would become legal currency, bringing the final sale price to $7,590,020.00. Half the bid price was to be delivered to the United States Treasury, plus the $20 to monetize the coin, while Stephen Fenton was entitled to the other half. Under sworn testimony, Fenton insisted the double eagle had come from the collection of King Farouk, though this could not be verified. Read More: USA 1933 gold double eagle.

3. $15 dollar 1787 Gold Brasher Doubloon EB-USD$7,400,000.

On December 2011, a $15 dollar 1787 Gold Brasher Doubloon EB has been sold for $7.4 million. The rare 1787 gold Brasher doubloon purchased by a Wall Street investment firm. A New Orleans-based coin and precious metals company, Blanchard and Co., brokered the deal but identities of the buyer and seller were not disclosed. Minted by Ephraim Brasher, a goldsmith and neighbor of George Washington, the coin contains 26.66 grams of gold, slightly less than an ounce. The Brasher doubloon is considered the first American-made gold coin denominated in dollars; the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia didn't begin striking coins until the 1790s. Read More: 1787 gold coin sold $7.4M.

4. 1804 silver dollar-USD$4,140,000.

On 30 August 1999, a 1804 silver dollar sold in auction by Bowers and Merena Galleries for $4,140,000. That figure included a hammer price of $3,600,000 plus a 15-percent buyer’s fee of $540,000. The piece was an original (or Class I) example considered to be the finest of all the known 1804 silver dollars (graded Proof68 by PGCS). The coin had been part of a presentation set given by U.S. envoy Edmund Roberts to aid bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The 1804 silver dollar has been christened "The King of Coins" as it is one of the rarest and most prestigious American coins ever minted.

5. 1913 Liberty Head nickel-USD$3,700,000.

On January 2010, a rare 1913 American nickel five-cent piece also known as The Liberty Head nickel, sometimes referred to as the V nickel due to its reverse design, recently dubbed "The Mona Lisa of Rare Coins," was sold for more than $3.7 million (2.3 million pounds) in Heritage Auctions Platinum Night. The so-called Liberty Head nickel, one of only five known of that specific date and design, was sold "in spirited bidding" to a private East Coast coin collector in Orlando. The 1913 5 cent coin, also known as the Olsen specimen is the most expensive and famous Liberty Head Nickel. This is because it was used in the TV series Hawaii Five-O (episode title: "The $ 100,000 Nickel", published on December 11, 1973) and is also said to be once owned by King Farouk of Egypt. This coin grades Proof-64 from PGCS and NGC. Read More: Mona Lisa of Rare Coins: 1913 Liberty Head nickel.

In September 2010, world's most expensive penny, a Lincoln cent struck in the wrong metal at the Denver Mint in 1943, has been sold for a world's record price of $1,700,000 by Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, New Jersey. The buyer is a Southwestern business executive, who wants to remain anonymous. The historic World War II era coin's former owner arranged for the entire proceeds of the sale to be given to a charitable organization. This one of a kind Lincoln cent, mistakenly struck in 1943 at the Denver Mint in bronze rather than the zinc-coated steel used that year to conserve copper for World War II. Most 1943 pennies are steel-gray in color and not worth much more than face value.

For a list of world rare penny, you can read; Top 5 world rare penny.

"This is the world's most valuable penny. It's the only known example of a 1943-dated Lincoln cent incorrectly struck in a copper alloy at the Denver Mint. Zinc-coated steel was being used for pennies in 1943 to conserve copper for other uses during World War II, and this one was mistakenly struck on a bronze coin disc left over from 1942. It took four years of aggressive negotiations with the coin's owner until he agreed to sell it," said rare coin dealer Laura Sperber, President of Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, New Jersey who obtained the unique penny for the unnamed collector.

"The new owner is a prominent Southwestern business executive who's been collecting since he was a teenager, searching through pocket change looking for rare coins. As a youngster he thought he'd actually found a 1943 copper penny in circulation but it was not authentic. He still has that in his desk drawer, but now he's the only person to ever assemble a complete set of genuine 1943 bronze cents, one each from the Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mints, and he plans to display them," said Sperber.

The anonymous collector who formerly owned the coin "donated it to a charitable organization so they could sell it with all of the proceeds going to the charity," according to Andy Skrabalak of Angel Dee's Coins and Collectibles in Woodbridge, Virginia who acted as agent on behalf of the former owner.

"Don't think you hit the jackpot if you have a common 1943 cent in the sock drawer. There were tens of millions of pennies made of steel in 1943, and most are worth only a few cents each today. We estimate that less than 20 Lincoln cents were erroneously struck in bronze that year at the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints, and this is the only known example from the Denver Mint. That's what makes genuine bronze 1943 Lincoln cents so valuable," explained Don Willis, President of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, California, the rare coin certification company whose experts authenticated the unique 1943 Denver bronze cent.

In addition to the $1.7 million coin, the anonymous Southwest collector also paid $250,000 for a 1944-dated Philadelphia Mint cent mistakenly struck on a zinc coin blank intended only for 1943 cents, and paid $50,000 for an experimental 1942 cent composed mostly of tin, according to Sperber. Sperber said the collector's valuable, mis-made World War II era cents will be publicly displayed at a major rare coin convention in Tampa, Florida, January 6 - 8, 2011.

Source: PR Web Release

A reader ask me via email, why China ancient coin is round but they have a square hole in the middle? What do the China ancient coin design represent? Why do they design it like that? He heard that the coin means strength and prosperity but he don't know if its true.

Not all Chinese ancient coin have a square hole, some early Chinese coins did have round holes.

The square holes will make it easy to put them on a piece of string. The hole enabled the coins to be strung together to create higher denominations, as was frequently done due to the coin's low value. The number of coins in a string of cash varied over time and place but was nominally 1000. A string of 1000 cash was supposed to be equal in value to one tael of pure silver. A string of cash was divided into ten sections of 100 cash each.

The square holes design also help the coin maker to do their work. By inserting a square rod, the coin maker could hold in place hundreds of coins and still can work on them without them turning.

You also need to know that in the ancient days, many Asians don't have a pocket in their clothes (maybe Asian clothes design don't have pocket at that time). They bring their money in a small bag that they put on their belts or strung their coins on a string and put it on their belt or wrist.

In Chinese ancient times, people believed that the land/earth we stand on are in square shape and sky/heaven above us is round, that were how people felt when they looked at the sky in that time. so that coin stands for heaven and earth or sky and land. Based on the ancient belief, coins round shape stand for heaven, the square hole in the middle stands for earth. The King or Emperor reign title are on the obverse side, showing that the King or Emperor was a supreme ruler of the world.

Mavin International will be offering some rare Straits Settlements coins in their auction on 6 April 2013 at the Concorde Hotel Singapore. A collection of British North Borneo, British Trade Dollars, Sarawak and Straits Settlements coins from the Sinnathuray Family Collection and ex-William Barrett Collection will be on auction on that day.

One of the item is an extremely rare British Borneo Queen Elizabeth II, 20 Cents, (KM.3), 1961 pattern struck in brass "7B" obv., PCGS SP64. This is the first time that we can see a 20 cents 1961 pattern brass and it is possibly unique but certainly a great rarity. Estimated price between SGD30,000 - SGD32,000.

Another rare and unique item in the highlight is a Straits Settlements King George V 5 cent 1920 silver coin NGC MS66. ex-William Barrett Collection. Estimated price between SGD18,000 - SGD19,000. Last month when I have a chat with Sifu Dickson Niew about this coin, he said that it is not easy to find this coin in UNC condition. One of the coin that I still cannot keep in my collection because of the high price.

Straits Settlements 1872 and 1875 rare proof sets with each set containing Victoria Quarter, Half, One Cent are also a highlight of the auction. The Straits Settlements Queen Victoria 1/4 cent, 1/2 cent and 1 cent 1872 proof set was struck by the Royal Mint. Each coin is extremely rare in its own right. A quarter cent is a rare coin in the proof set especially in a superlative PF66 grade. Estimated price between SGD40,000 - SGD42,000.

Mavin International is the Auctioneer appointed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). All Lots sold on behalf of MAS is subject to 7% Goods and Services Tax on both the Hammer Price and the Buyers Premium if the Lot is delivered in Singapore. No GST is payable if the Lot is exported outside Singapore. The buyer's premium for bids made through liveauctioneers.com is 20%. The buyer's premium for absentee bids by post, fax and email is 18%.

You can contact Mavin International Pte Ltd at (+65) 62387177.

Live online auction can be viewed at liveauctioneers.com.

Do you know how to detect counterfeit US Dollars? Almost every country in these world accept US Dollars as a medium of exchange and the dollar became the most dominant currency in the world. If you received a fake US Dollars you will be losing your money, you can't spend it and you don't get a refund. Reading and learning about counterfeit money are the best way to avoid a loss on your side.

In this article, I will teach you how to detect a bogus dollars bills. You don't need experience to check for a low quality fake US Dollars bills. What you need are knowledge about the differences between a genuine banknotes and a fake banknotes.

How to detect counterfeit US Dollars:

Feel the raised ink

If you received a new dollars bill, you can feel that the genuine note has slightly raised ink that is produced in the intaglio printing. Look for the words "DOLLARS" on the bill and touch them with your fingers, you should feel a texture of the ink.

Portrait
The genuine portrait appears lifelike and stands out distinctly from the background. The counterfeit portrait is usually lifeless and flat. Details merge into the background which is often too dark or mottled.

Federal Reserve and Treasury Seals

On a genuine bill, the saw-tooth points of the Federal Reserve and Treasury seals are clear, distinct, and sharp. The counterfeit seals may have uneven, blunt, or broken saw-tooth points.

Serial Numbers

Genuine serial numbers have a distinctive style and are evenly spaced. The serial numbers are printed in the same ink color as the Treasury Seal. On a counterfeit, the serial numbers may differ in color or shade of ink from the Treasury seal. The numbers may not be uniformly spaced or aligned.

Paper

Genuine currency paper has tiny red and blue fibers embedded throughout. Often counterfeiters try to simulate these fibers by printing tiny red and blue lines on their paper. Close inspection reveals, however, that on the counterfeit note the lines are printed on the surface, not embedded in the paper. It is illegal to reproduce the distinctive paper used in the manufacturing of United States currency.

Border

The fine lines in the border of a genuine bill are clear and unbroken. On the counterfeit, the lines in the outer margin and scrollwork may be blurred and indistinct.

Security Thread

Large denomination bills have a security thread with a printing on it. This is to prevent lower denomination bills being bleached and reprinted as higher denominations.

5 dollars bill USA FIVE
10 dollars bill USA TEN
20 dollars bill USA TWENTY
50 dollars bill USA 50
100 dollars bill USA 100

Look for changes in color

You can check any $10, $20 or $50 banknote and tilt it (move it back and forth) to check for their color shifting ink. If the bill's are genuine they will change from green to black for an old notes or from copper to green in the recent designs.

Ultraviolet light
You can also check the notes with an ultraviolet light. Each denomination glows in its own color.

5 dollars bill glows blue
10 dollars bill glows orange
20 dollars bill glows green
50 dollars bill glows yellow
100 dollars bill glows red

Look at the watermark

A watermark bearing the image of the person whose portrait is on the bill can be found on all $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills series 1996 and later, and on $5 bills series 1999 and later. The watermark is embedded in the paper to the right of the portrait, and it can be seen from both sides of the bill.

If you received a $1 and $2 bills, it most probably a genuine notes since counterfeiters rarely try to make these bills. Three in every ten thousand US Dollars bills is counterfeit but around 75% of the fake bill is found and destroyed before it ever reaches the public.

Source: United States Secret services

The recent Monetarium Singapore Auction on 27 March 2013 saw a new record price for rare Malaysia 1 sen 1976 when the bid closed at SGD$2,600 (excluding tax and commision). The coin graded By Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) as Bronze: 1-Sen 1976 (KM1) PCGS MS65 RD. When you convert the price to ringgit, the price is approximately RM$6,452 (excluding tax and commision).

In Steven Tan 20th catalog, he wrote only 100 pieces of this coins known to exist in circulation or in collectors hand. For the normal 1 sen copper-clad steel, 27,406,103 pieces are in circulation.

On 26 September 2011 during Malaysia Numismatic Society Auction No. 149 held at Malaysia National Museum, Kuala Lumpur, the auction price concluded at RM3,600 (USD1150).

On 16 July 2011 in Mavin International Auction, Singapore, 1 sen 1976 copper has been closed at SGD1,400 (excluding tax and commision).

The transitional error coins are actually Copper but most people follow Mr. Steven Tan Catalog who reported it as Bronze. You can read about it in my article; 1976 1 sen copper or bronze?

I think an early congratulations to anyone who own these coins in their collection, the recent auction price will help raise the value of 1 sen 1976 copper. For anyone who have a lot of these coins, can you sell them to me for 1 ringgit a piece?

To stupid people who still cannot believe Malaysia coins price can go up higher then their denomination value, I hope you will remain with your stupidity. Good luck with your racism method in Malaysia Numismatic Community.

In recent Mavin Auction No.33 on 29 March 2013, a 100 ringgit ZU0000005 sold for a record price SGD14,000 (RM34,528) excluding tax and commision. The very low serial number replacement banknote graded by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) as PMG Choice AU58EPQ. For your information, in KN Boon 6th Edition Book the price for $100 Ringgit Malaysia (1986-95) 6th series banknote signed by Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Jaffar Hussein is RM30,000 for a UNC grade.

Another highlight of the day is Malaya & British Borneo $1000 1953 Queen Elizabeth II serial no. A/1 26354, ink annotations, graded PMG EF40 Sold For SGD48,000 (RM118,383) excluding tax and commision.

Malaysia $1000 ND 1987 6th series, signed by Jaffar Hussein P34 PMG UNC66EPQ serial no. ZZ 0008008, replacement note Sold For SGD5,200 (RM12,824) excluding tax and commision.

Malaysia $1000 1995-98 7th series, signed by Ahmad Md. Don P34A PMG UNC66EPQ replacement note, serial no. ZZ 0048618 Sold For SGD5,000 (RM12,331) excluding tax and commision.

You can contact Mavin International Pte Ltd at (+65) 62387177.

Online auction via liveauctioneers.com.

Sarawak Emergency Issue 1919 10 cent banknote is one of the highlight for the 1st Numismatic Society (Asia) auction in 2013. The Sarawak Government Treasury Emergency Issue 1919 10 cent Banknotes No.19612E is graded Extremely Fine, Estimate price SGD4,800 - SGD5,500 (starting price RM11,833). For your information, in KN Boon 6th Edition Book the price for Sarawak Emergency Issue 1919 10 cent notes is RM15,000 for Extremely Fine grade.

The Numismatic Society (Asia) Coins & Banknotes Auction 1/2013 will be held at Landmark Room, Level 6, Landmark Village Hotel, Singapore on 20 April 2013. The Auction will be held in two session; morning session start from 9.30am will be for coins and afternoon session start from 1.30pm will be for banknotes. Public viewing will be held on the same venue on 9 April 2013 from 9.00am until 6.00 pm.

Most of the item in their auction lots have a low starting bid price. Here are some of the highlight of the auction:

Straits Settlements 1898, $5 Banknote A/5 67328 VF, missing bits on bottom border. Estimate Price SGD12,000 - SGD20,000.

Straits Settlements 1916, $10 Banknote A/62 80933 GVF. Estimate Price SGD9,500 - SGD15,000.

Straits Settlements 1929, $10 Banknote D/56 16357 Graded Good Very Fine. Estimate Price SGD5,000 - SGD8,000.

Straits Settlements 1925, $5 Banknote D/72 56727 AEF. Estimate Price SGD4,000 - SGD5,000.

1st Series Malaysia Proof coins set of 5, 1967 Official Proof Set, NGC graded 1c (PF64RB); 5c (PF64 Ultra Cameo); 10c (PF64UC); 20c (PF64UC); 50c (PF63UC). 5pcs. Mintage 500 sets. Wong Hon Sum Collection. Estimate Price SGD1,000 - SGD2,000.

Malaysia, 1967 C-N 50c w/o security (milled) edge NGC Au53. Estimate Price SGD400 - SGD500.

Mexico, 1765 MF, 8 Reales Silver coin (KM#105) Graded Good Very Fine. Estimate Price SGD250 - SGD350.

You can join their live internet bidding at www.liveauctioneers.com.

A Buyer's premium of 15% will be added to hammer price for each lot to all succesful bids. Lots sold though "liveauctioneers.com" are subjected to an additional 3% Buyer's Premium (18% in total). All Shipping, handling and insurance charges will be paid by Buyer.

1,200 original dies and hubs cut by engraver Karl Xaver Goetz will be offered without reserve beginning April 17-22 at Heritage Auctions' World & Ancient Coin Signature® Auction during the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF). Karl Xaver Goetz is Germany's most prolific medal artists of the 20st century.

Goetz's most famous work is the 1915 Lusitania medallion commemorating the sinking of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania by German submarines on 7 May 1915. Originally, the Medallion was a private initiative by Goetz, created only in 1916 and initially consisted of only a few hundred pieces. As a specimen was discovered by the British Foreign Office and in the New York Times published picture caused a sensation, the British government decided to use the medal for counter-propaganda.

The medallion obverse show a passenger lined up at a Cunard ticket booth with a skeleton as a ticket clerk.

The reverse displays a half submerged ship with the words above "Keine Bann Ware"-without warning. Underneath the ship are the words "The large steamer Lusitania , sank by a German submarine, May 5, 1915".

As a member of the Munich Artists Society, The Numismatic Society, and The Austrian Association for Numismatics in Vienna, Goetz medal artistry was known worldwide. Many of his works are still on display at the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin, among others. The first selection of dies offered by Heritage will features those crafted for both government and commissioned works, including the die used by Goetz to famously promote anti-black sentiment in the 1920s. His "The Watch on the Rhine" aka "The Black Shame" medal is infamous for using racial overtones to protest black colonial French troops.

"The dies and hubs will be offered in order as they appear in Gunter W. Kienast's opus 'The Medals of Karl Goetz,'" said Cristiano Bierrenbach, Executive Vice President of International Numismatics for Heritage. "Goetz' remarkable dies are a testament to his talent as well as the important, yet tumultuous, events during which he cultivated his fans and critics."

The entire collection will be offered in three parts: The first, April, 17-22, 2013 during Heritage's World and Ancient Coins Signature Auction at CICF in Chicago. Future selections will be offered again in September 2013 with the final selection offered in April 2014.

Rare 1913 Liberty Head nickel coin will be auction on April 25 at a numismatic auction at Heritage Auction house in Chicago where it’s expected to fetch several million dollars. The 1913 Liberty Head Nickel graded PR63 by PCGS previously owned by George Owen Walton. Only five of the 1913 nickel known to exist but the George Walton specimen has the most remarkable story. It was illegally cast, discovered in a car wreck that killed its owner, declared a fake, forgotten in a closet for decades and then found to be the real deal.

The set of five Liberty Head coins dated 1913 were secretly produced by a Philadelphia mint worker named Samuel W. Brown and he altering the die to add the bogus date. Brown sold the set in 1920 at the American Numismatic Association Convention in Chicago. The five remained together under various owners until the set was broken up in 1942.

George O. Walton purchased one of the coins in the mid-1940s for a reported $3,750. Walton died on 9 March 1962 when a vehicle driven by an alcohol-impaired driver crossed into the oncoming lane and crashed into his 1955 Ford station wagon in Nash County, North Carolina. He was headed for the first-ever coin show in Wilson, North Carolina, of the combined coin clubs of Wilson and Greensboro. All his $250,000 worth of coins were recovered.

His sister Melva Givens was given the 1913 Liberty nickel after experts declared the coin a fake because of suspicions the date had been altered. The flaw probably happened because of Brown's imprecise work casting the planchet, the copper and nickel blank disc used to create the coin.

Givens put the coin in an envelope and stuck it in a closet, where it stayed for the next 30 years until her death in 1992. Her four children brought the coin to the 2003 American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Baltimore, where the four surviving 1913 Liberty nickels were being exhibited. A team of rare coin experts concluded it was the long-missing fifth coin.

All five 1913 Liberty nickels were struck with proof dies, polished to create the mirrored appearance commonly associated with brilliant proof coins. However, the planchets for all five pieces were normally produced rather than burnished as they would have been to create brilliant proof nickels. For that reason, the 1913 Liberty nickels have a distinctive appearance unlike any other circulation strike or proof in the series.

On January 2010, a 1913 Liberty Head nickel-Olsen specimen was sold for $3,737,500 in Heritage Auctions Platinum Night. The coin said to be once owned by King Farouk of Egypt.

Source: Heritage Auction.

In the past few days, they're some readers who coming to my blog with a keywords, "BNM unclaimed money" or "BNM wang tidak dituntut". All the readers come to my old post; Bank Negara unclaimed money. When they're too many readers coming to some particular post, I always check if they're some new news about it anywhere.

When your bank account has not been active (no transaction) for a period of seven years, the account will be classified as unclaimed moneys. Prior to the funds being transferred, banking institutions will send notices requesting the customers concerned to reactivate or close their accounts. The unclaimed money transferred to "Registrar of Unclaimed Moneys" under the Unclaimed Moneys Act 1965. The Registrar of Unclaimed Moneys work under the Accountant General's Department and not under Bank Negara Malaysia.

When I Search for more information today, look like a group of scammer has been using the unclaimed money as a way to fraud people for their money. You will be receiving an email/letter that say the company has been appointed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) or Accountant General's Department to manage your unclaimed money. The company say that you're required to pay them 20% of the unclaimed funds as processing fees to the department. The scammer might be using names of people who worked at the central bank or Accountant General's Department to gain confidence. When you reply and transfer the "processing fees", they will be gone.

To be sure, you can contact Registrar of Unclaimed Moneys at:
Pendaftar Wang Tidak Dituntut
Jabatan Akauntan Negara Malaysia
Bahagian Pengurusan Amanah dan Sekuriti
Tingkat 42, Menara Maybank,
100, Jalan Tun Perak
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Tel.: 03-2034 1850
Fax: 03-2072 5707/03-2026 7430
Website: www.anm.gov.my

You can also check online for list of unclaimed money to see if you or your family or your business, have funds to be reclaimed from the Accountant General at www.umaca.my. Just go to that website and enter your name or Identity card number to search. This is a free online index by UMA Compliance Administration Sdn Bhd that has been started since 2010.

Spink will be offering Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo essay or prototype banknotes in the Spink’s London, World Banknotes auction on 9-11 April 2013. Most of the essay has not been recorded before in any banknote catalogue and very rare for Malaya & British Borneo collectors. Malaya and British Borneo notes are just one of the highlights of this diverse sale, which features notes from all over the world, including some of the rarest examples from Palestine, British Burma, The Kingdom of Libya, Australia and many more.

Here are some of the Malaya & British Borneo notes on auction:

Lot: 974: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, an 'approved' composite obverse essay for a 10 cents, 21 March 1944, red serial number A 000000, blue and multicoloured, George VI in oval frame at left, value at right, manuscript 'approved sugject to modification' and dated 14 April 1943 by the Board of Commissioners. Damage to left of essay. Unique and most unusual.

Lot: 976: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, an reverse essay on board for a $1, ND (ca 1941), blue and white, avenue of trees at left, dredger at right, arms of the federated States in circle low centre.

Lot: 983: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, a hand executed obverse and reverse essay/prototype for a $10000, September 1958, serial number A/1 000000, brown, violet and multicoloured, tiger low right, value at right centre and top left and low left and right, signature of W.C.Taylor, reverse green and white, the arms of the Malay states in field, value top right, the Taylor signature on the series of 1963 and the new designs issued in 1959 so the date of 1958 in line with a proposed new design. Unique and attractive.

Lot: 984: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, a hand executed obverse essay/prototype for a $1000, ND (ca 1958), serial number A/1 000000, green, violet and multicoloured, water buffalo at left, value at centre and at each corner, signature of W.C.Taylor (?), unique and attractive.

Lot: 1343 Government of the Straits Settlements, colour trial $1, 1 January 1925, black serial number K/1 000000, blue and multicoloured, palm trees and huts in field, arms top centre, Pountney signature, reverse blue and green, shoreline and palm trees, mounting traces, red De la Rue oval stamp, good extremely fine and very rare, attractive.

Lot: 1346 Government of the Straits Settlements, colour trial $10, 1 January 1925, black serial number C/82 00000, green and multicoloured, river, palms and huts low centre, arms top centre, value at centre and at each corner, Pountney signature reverse green, bullock cart at centre, value at left and right, mounting traces, dDe la Rue oval stamp, good extremely fine and very rare and attractive.

Source: Spink.com

Many people thought Tun Ismail Mohamed Ali as the first Governor of Bank Negara, he is not. According to Saran Singh Book, The encyclopedia of the coins of Malaysia Singapore and Brunei 1400-1967, the first Governors of Bank Negara is Dato' W.H Wilcock from 26 January 1959 until 25 July 1962. Tun Ismail only the first Malaysian Governor of Bank Negara.

Tun Ismail bin Mohamed Ali was born on 16 September 16 1918 in Port Klang. He is the eldest brother to Toh Puan Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali; Malaysia 4th Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad wife. He married to the late Toh Puan Maimunah Abdul Latiff. He died on 19 July 1998 and was buried at Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur. In Kuala Lumpur, there is a building called Menara Tun Ismail Mohd Ali at Jalan Raja Laut which was named after him in 2003.

Photo: Tun Ismail with wife and sons

He received his early education in a Malay school and attended the Victoria Institution (V.I) from 1931 to 1938. While at the V.I. Tun Ismail was active in the scouts; he swam, played badminton and took up gardening. He was a Shaw House prefect. He was the second Malay student in the country to win the highly competitive Queen's Scholarship. He joined Cambridge University to read economics from 1938 to 1941. On completion he was stranded in England by the war and so decided to read for the bar in 1943 at one of the Inns of Court in London at Middle Temple and was called to the bar to be a lawyer thereafter.

Photo: Tun Ismail during Cambridge year

Returning to Malaya after the war in 1946 Tun Ismail joined the Malayan Civil Service, rising to be Assistant Selangor State Secretary in 1948. He is one of the first non-European officers recruited directly into the MCS. In 1920 the British Secretary of State accepted recommendations that a single Malaya wide service should be recognized. The style Malayan Civil Service was formally adopted in January 1921 with a total establishment of 183 posts. The candidates for the post must be “natural-born British subjects of pure European descent on both sides”. The number of Malay officers in the MCS on 11th November, 1946 during the period of the Malayan Union was 21 out of a total strength of MCS officers at 230.

He served variously as Assistant Secretary in the Economics Department of the Treasury, as an Economics Officer in Penang and as a Comptroller in the Commerce Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Tun Ismail was made Minister in the Malayan Embassy in Washington D.C. from 1957 to 1960. He was simultaneously Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the United States. Returning to Malaya in 1960, he was appointed Deputy Governor of Bank Negara and was rose to be Bank Negara Governor in 26 July 1962. He held the post for 18 years until 26 July 1980.

Photo: Tun Ismail with Tun Mahathir

Tun Ismail was active in various organisations, serving as chairman, at various times, of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, and Sime Darby Berhad. He was Pro-Chancellor of University Kebangsaan Malaysia and also served on the Board of Governors of the Victoria Institution.

Employment:
1946 Malayan Civil Services
1948-50 Assistant State Secretary, Selangor State Secretariat
1950-53 Assistant Secretary, Economic Division, Federal Treasury
1954-55 Economic Officer, Penang
1955-57 Controller, Trade Division, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
1957-58 Minister, Federation of Malaya Embassy, Washington, D.C.
1958-60 Economic Minister, Federation of Malaya Embassy, Washington, D.C.
1960-62 Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Malaysia
1962-80 Governor, Central Bank of Malaysia

Photo: Tun Ismail with wife and Maznah the iron lady

In many ways, Tun Ismail set the tone for the bank’s core values and instilled a culture of accountability, professionalism, integrity and service. In the early years of the central bank’s existence, Ismail saw his primary role as setting up a body of traditions – of absolute integrity, competency at all levels in the organisations and efficiency. He also placed strong emphasis on building up a dependable expertise in economic affairs and monetary matters and, above all, the ability to place national interest as against that of the individual. During Ismail’s stewardship of 18 years, the central bank wielded considerable independence and influence in economic policies. People who knew him, and who had worked with him, described him as a stickler for punctuality, and recounted incidents that revealed his strictness and high expectations of those around him or "Straight as railways".

Source: New Straits Times, ptdalumni.org, pem.org.my, viweb.freehosting.net

Malaysia Previous Bank Governors:

Yesterday, The Central Bank of Ireland has launched a collector coin to commemorate James Joyce, best known for his novel Ulysses published in 1922. The coin bears the Europa symbol is part of the European Silver Programme. The theme for 2013 is ‘European Writers’. The coin was designed by Mary Gregoriy with an issue limit of 10,000 units and is available to the public from Thursday 11 April 2013. The diameter of the coin is 38.61 mm and each coin weighs 28.28 grammes. The alloy used in the production of this coin is .925 Sterling Silver.

The coin obverse show one of Joyce’s most familiar traits of his appearance (his round wire-framed spectacles) with a modern stylised image of Joyce himself. Lines from Chapter 3 of Ulysses pouring from the top of his head in hand written script, depicted as a continuous stream of consciousness. The EUROPA star is seen just to the right of Joyce’s portrait with the coin’s denomination of “10 EURO” positioned just under the star. The reverse features the Irish national symbol, that of the harp which is centered in the coin along with the year of issue and the text “EIRE” on either side.

Technical Specifications:
Denomination: 10 €URO
Metal: .925 fine silver
Weight: 28.2 grams
Diameter: 38.6 mm.
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 10,000 pieces
Mint: Mayer’s Mint, Germany
coin design: Mary Gregoriy (Obverse)

James Joyce (1882 – 1941) considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde genre of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for his novel Ulysses published in 1922 which was a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles. Other major works are the short-story collection Dubliners published in 1914.

In 1998, the Modern Library – the American publisher of Joyce's works ranked Ulysses at Number 1, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at Number 3, and Finnegans Wake at number 77 on their list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Joyce was also named one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century by TIME magazine in 1999. Joyce was last seen on Irish currency when he was portrayed on the £10 banknote issued in 1993.

You can visit Central Bank of Ireland website for more information at www.centralbank.ie.

Heritage Auctions offer the only 1863 $100 Gold Certificate in private hands known to exist. The Fr. 1166c Series 1863 $100 Gold Certificate will take top lot honors during Heritage Auctions' second Platinum Night Currency auction, held in conjunction with the Central States Numismatic Society Convention, April 24-28 in Schaumburg, IL.

Three examples of this note are known to exist, two of which reside in the Smithsonian Institution. The second example, the currently offered note, bears serial number 46425. It is hand dated December 13, 1866 and it has the engraved signature of H.H. VanDyck. The engraved signatures were permitted by law only on the $20 and $100 denominations of this issue. The higher denomination notes from $500 through $10,000 required the hand signature of the assistant treasurer. The Whitman Encyclopedia erroneously cites this note, the currently offered example, as hand signed.

There is considerable evidence that the $20s and $100s actually circulated. In J. Cooke: Financier of the Civil War, Volume One by Ellis Oberholtze, the author cites an instance in which Philadelphia importers "vigorously complained to Mr. Cooke" that they were unable to procure 1863 gold notes from the New York assistant treasurer, and that these certificates, like the gold coins themselves, were becoming subjects of speculation. Further evidence that these notes actually circulated is the fact that all known $20 and $100 1863 Golds are actually circulated. This cataloger gives more weight to the second piece of evidence than the first. In John J. Knox's US Notes: The History of the Various Issues of Paper Money By the Government of the United States printed in 1885 he mentions this issue on pages 115 and 116 "the Act of March 3, 1863 authorized the issue of Gold Certificates...to be used for clearing-house purposes. They were authorized to be issued in sums of not less than $20 corresponding with the denominations of US notes. The coin and bullion deposited were required to be retained in the Treasury for the payment of the same on demand." And states further, "Most of these certificates issued for clearing-house purposes were in denominations of $1000, $5000, and $10000."

Another highlight is the 379c Series 1891 $1000 Treasury Note. Only two examples of this design-type are known to exist. The first is this note, whose pedigree lists most of the important names in the history of US currency collecting. It was in the 1944 Barney Bluestone sale of the Grinnell Collection, then to Robert Friedberg, then to Amon Carter, Jr., followed by Jim Thompson, then on to Dean Oakes who sold it to Dr. Edward and Joanne Dauer (the only collectors who ever formed a complete collection of all known U.S. type notes), and finally to the Greensboro Collection. The second existing example has a much simpler history. It has resided in the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution since it was transferred there by the Treasury Department.

More than 3,500 lots — from Colonial Currency to Nationals and Type Notes — will cross the block with high value Large Size and Small Size type notes featured in the April 26 Platinum Night Session.

Another anticipated record-setting highlight is the Fr. 379a $1,000 1890 "Watermelon" Treasury Note PCGS Apparent Extremely Fine 45. It features intricate "Green Back" designs resulting in one of the most iconic designs on U. S. currency. Its ornate design resembles the rind of a watermelon, earning it its nickname. On 16 December 2006, Heritage Auction Gallery sold a US Grand Watermelon note for a world's record price of $2,255,000; World Most Expensive Banknote.

The finest known San Francisco $50 Original National Gold Bank Note, a Fr. 1160 The First National Gold Bank Ch. # 1741 from San Francisco, is one of the irreplaceable highlights of the Greensboro Collection. Just five examples of this San Francisco $50 National Gold Bank Note are listed in the Kelly and Gengerke censuses, along with the unique 1875 example which is in the ANA museum. This note traces its pedigree back to the holdings of the late Fort Worth publishing magnate Amon Carter, Jr.

A number of Federal Reserve notes offered in the auction represent the top specimens available, including a rare Fr. 2220-A $5000 1928 Federal Reserve Note graded PCGS About New 58PPQ, a lushly decorated, well-centered example with colors as bright as the day the note left the press nearly 80 years ago.

Two Large Size notes sporting rare serial number 1 — a Series 1901 $10 "Bison" Legal Tender and a Series 1899 $5 "Chief" Silver Certificate represent the pinnacle of rare currency notes. The Bison note is from the top position of a four-note sheet with the Lyons-Roberts signature combination — only two of the other notes from that sheet have ever been reported to exist. The K1 Chief note is the only one available to collectors, although three are known to exist.

A number of other Small Size rarities will be offered, including the Fr. 2308* $10 1934 North Africa Star Silver Certificate in PCGS Very Fine 25PPQ, a stunning Fr. 2221-E $5,000 1934 in PMG Choice Uncirculated 64, and a Fr. 2231-B $10,000 Federal Reserve Note in PCGS About New 55 that was previously part of the Binion Hoard.

In addition to the $50 National Gold Bank Note, the April 25 evening session includes a Colorado Territory First Charter $20. Graded Extremely Fine 45 by PCGS, the note is considered an uncommonly high grade for a Territorial example.

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