Malaysia 2011 $10 Solid Numbers 9999999 & 10000000 Uncirculated

***How many of you actually have seen the current Zeti's RM10 banknote series bearing the Serial NOs of 10000000? Very few, perhaps, 99 out of 100 have never seen, or better still, 999 out of 1,000 didn't know even it existed.
Only a select few actually own this RM10 note bearing this serial numbers & the numbers are so few that we can actually count them with out fingers & I have just counted & recounted and believe it or not, I realised that only an estimated 6 collectors have a piece of this 10000000.
As such, can we qualify this note as a rare note or maybe, the RM1 CR Ali Abul Hassan note is 'rarer?!'
You go ahead & define what is rare is rare or what rare is rare?!

Malaysia 1995 $500 Ahmad Don Uncirculated Banknotes

***By now, all collectors & dealers alike in Malaysia know that the $500 banknote signed by Ahmad Don is a scarce banknote, esp. in UNC Condition and more so, if found in running numbers.
But, how often has one even seen 7 fresh pieces in consecutive sequence esp in fresh UNC Condition? As such, go ahead & feast your eyes as these will never pass this way again.
Its banknotes like these that gives cause to crow and to gloat as these are international auction houses material.
Perhaps, it would be even better to send them to PMG to have them professionally graded & be returned as PMG 67 or even PMG 68 as they do indeed do qualify for such superlative standards!
Ha, ha, l'amour physique est effectivement sans issue & les rare billets sont eux aussi sans issue!

Malaysia 1982 $500 About Uncirculated

***This Uncirculated banknote was despatched to PMG for their professional grading but was however returned & graded as About Uncirculated PMG 50.

I am not surprised as PMG has a set of strict criteria it follows so as to properly grade a raw note which to our naked eyes could be this or that grade but with 3 persons doing the grading, I suppose PMG knows best.

I have always been proud to own banknotes 'slabbed' by PMG as they are banknotes which have been professionally graded by numismatic professionals and there's never a doubt, at least in my humble opinion, as to the final grades of these notes.

I am actually preparing to have a batch of notes despatched to PMG for their professional expertise very, very soon.

Malaysia 1985 $20 1 Stack 100 Pieces Uncirculated Banknotes

***When the $20 denomination banknotes were first issued in Malaysia more than 20 years ago, they were meant for circulation, they were meant for daily use.

However, most were 'hoarded' and as such, one seldom did see the $20 banknotes being put to daily use.

Actually, the sub-sale prices of these banknotes hardly moved until these late few years & for the one issued in 1985, its price only had its upticks last year, more than 20 years after it first appeared.

If you had 'hoarded' them from day one, inflation and other factors would have eaten into your profits or whatever that's left of them.

Now, the RM20 deno is re-appearing again & the trillion dollar question is, will they be 'hoarded' again by collectors and dealers alike?!

Malaysia 1967 1st Series Last Prefix Uncirculated

***This bunch of notes look as if they just came out from Bank Negara Malaysia's vault last night as they look so virginally pristine, so to speak.
How they have maintained their original conditions, with strong embossment, bright sheen & freshness & with no signs of tropicalisation is just beyond belief?
And these 1st series Malaysian banknotes that bear the Last Prefix must have, I am strongly convinced, just come out of the Central Bank's strongroom.
Even if these notes do show signs of tropicalisation, it would definitely be a cardinal sin to have them chemically washed, or to put it mildy, chemically cleaned.
Cleaning banknotes with strong chemical destroys the original condition of the banknotes, reducing their status to trash level but believe it or not, most collectors are unaware that they have acquired chemically washed notes, which were thereafter pressed or even ironed to make them look 'good.'
It is strongly believed that 70 to 80% of Malaysian banknotes of the earlier series in various Malaysian collectors' hands could have been washed before, but then, why would one complain as after all, when one pays peanuts, monkeys will be what one gets in the end.

Malaysia 2012 $50 Solid Numbers 9999999

***2 pieces of the current RM50 Malaysian banknotes with the rather desirable Solid Numbers of 9999999, which in various Chinese dialects could mean 'longevity', 'play' or even man's best friend, 'dog!'
Of course, yours truly would prefer to get hold of the elusive prosperous Solid 8888888s but where are they & who is/are the bloke(s) who is/are so-to-speak 'controlling' notes with these numbers? No crystal balls can answer that, I suppose.
Maybe, they could be up north in Sungai Petani as after all LOTS of collectors there seem to have lots of 'goodie, goodie' stuff, or do they?!
Heard from news coming from there that even ridiculously & so brazenly claimed that a Premium Set Of 6 banknotes set bearing the Serial NOs of AA 0000999 has 'changed hands.'
Hey, don't talk cock lah & don't create make-believe stories lah...Try not not to live in a world of make believe, lah....

Malaysia 1986 $1000 Banknote Uncirculated

***A Running Pair of the Malaysian $1,000 banknote issued more than 25 years ago, many of this issue in low grades but extremely few & esp. so in consecutive sequence for the Uncirculated ones.

And with the grading professionally authenticated by well-known grading house, PMG, & furthermore designated as "EPQ", there is definitely no doubting anymore as to the grade of these 2 notes.

But even then, PMG doesn't simply overgrade and maintains its high grading standards whereby even though these 2 pieces are in sequence, both of them didn't get the same grading. That speaks highly of the high criteria PMG follows.

As such, buyers can buy at peace when buying already graded banknotes, esp. those by respected PMG as more often than not, 'raw' banknotes tend to be overgraded by their owners.