Pick 26 1000 Ringgit Banknote Used Circulated Malaysia

 A very obvious discontinued 1000 Ringgit banknote that used to be regularly used in the 80s.

Obviously just another ordinary piece of banknote as usual & conditionwise is just About VF or perhaps, Almost VF, almost but not yet VF there yet.

So many folds present therein, not forgetting grime & dirt from years of circulation, but finally preserved from further circulation by ma grandpa who slipped it at the bottom of his wardrobe & thereafter, forgotten about it & only discovered after his departure to the other side of this world.

Am looking to purchase more of this 1000 Ringgit denomination banknote or even those in 500 Ringgit denomination & if you folks do have any, do contact me via email with your contact/phone number.

P Unlisted 2018 RM10 ZD Replacement Muhd Ibrahim Malaysia Rare!

A special feature about modern Malaysian banknotes is that no matter how short or long the tenure of the Governor was, there will be surely an issue which will be scarce as due to whatever reason, it's issued quantity will be of a limited quantity.

According to the grapevine, this ZD Replacement is a scarce issue due to its limited quantity issued as apparently it only came from several prefixes while other subsequent prefixes already contain the much more common ZE Prefix & according to the same grapevine, as such it's moot to delve into the hypothesis whether the ZD Prefix might come out in containers' quantities.

There sure must be some truth in that as indeed this ZD as per signed by this Governor is not often sighted and it's quite hard to find it running numbers.

ZB 0001733 RM1 Replacement PMG 65 EPQ Malaysia

It's amazing what 3 years can do to turn an ordinary banknote into something scarce & of course, the Malaysian RM1 ZB Polymer Replacement is the current star of the Malaysian numismatics' universe.

A UNC piece 3 years ago was considered very expensive then, but a miserable well-circulated VF piece today that's being sold at a crazy price is considered cheap.

But of course the piece herein featured is nothing much to trumpet about after all, despite it's polymer in nature, and as such its perfectness, its pristineness & its UNCness, are never in question but it's still only got a lowly PMG 65 score from leading banknotes' grader of the world, PMG. And for a polymer note to get 65 is considered not good as polymer is perfect, as good as a Bo Dereklike perfect 10, but nonetheless it got a 65.

Had it got a PMG 68 or PMG 69 like it's currently en vogue in the Malaysian numismatic world, surely, it could have secured a place in this coming fall's Spink auction in Singapore and possibly, or rather most probably, could have created a new record of sorts for the price chartered, as the note is not as rare as its grade itself, namely, the all-desired & yearned-for PMG 69 or even PMG 70*!

ZB Replacement 5 Ringgit Polymer Note Malaysia

A stack of 100 Running Pieces of the new 5 Ringgit Replacement with the Prefix of ZB, which has been superceded by the ZC & soon by the ZD, which, based on unreliable grapevine will be coming out during this Christmas holiday season.

With so many various Replacement Prefixes, which actually will be the so-called rare one among the many self-proclaimed numismatists?

According to the again unreliable grapevine, apparently, the one bearing the ZC Prefix is the rare one as we very seldom see it these days in the market as market has it that not many were printed & those that were found are being 'hoarded' to be unloaded at some opportune time later at sky-high prices.

As such, the ZB Prefix is just another overprinted Prefix which will be one's folly if one were to park one's cash in it at high prices.

P44 Year 2011 100 Ringgit ZE Replacement Malaysia

This was a note that was purchased from Malaysia's world famous flea market & of course, which is none other than the Amcorp Mall weekend flea market that seems to be able to get people from all over the world to visit it without fail, rain or shine, during every weekend, 24/7.

And this banknote was purchased from the most senior & oldest banknote dealer at Amcorp Mall during last weekend's banknotes hunting session which was a very successful one cos there were many extremely rare & unusual banknotes from British Malaya & Malaysia being put up for sale there as apparently some dealer is retiring for good & wished to unload as many good stuff as possible at the lowest fraternal prices & of course, where else can one get such bargains except at Malaysia's most famous flea market, of course!

But sadly, this banknote was not in UNC condition as it is only About EF condition to an ordinary neophyte collector. Of course, some smart alec has suggested the possibility of sending this banknote to PMG to be independently & very professionally graded but, honestly, take a freaking good look, what's the point as it's only About EF gradewise & that too from the grading scale of a non 'professional grader' & with the high benchmark & standard & reputation already set by PMG, this banknote might just barely get a VF 35 grade & of course, one can forget about even getting that freaking 3-letter EPQ word on it

By the way, is it possible to perhaps have this banknote ironed or pressed a bit, so that perhaps, it can look as if it is in About Uncirculated condition or even better? welcome?!

2015 ZE Replacements RM50 Malaysia Very Rare

Once in a good long while esp. if one's soliatry virtue is patience, a solid good thing would come along and true as expected, the newly discovered jewel in the form of the RM50 ZE Replacement has been whispered in the Malaysian numismatic world among the taiko Sifus that these ZEs are rather scarce and hard to get, with several Sifus saying that these ZEs carry the rarity of at least RRR, yes, that's 3 Rs for you.

Grapevine has always been a strong source of reliable and trustworthy numismatic news & if learned numismatic Sifus say that these notes are going to be rare, of course, like sheep we have to follow, as after all, we, the numismatic newbies, our job is to follow, same like 'following' someone on Facebook, the same type of 'follow', if you get a wift of that drift!

And simple arithmetic will tell you that the current Replacement is being represented via the Prefix of ZE & it sure cannot go on & on until it stops at ZV or ZW or ZX for a Replacement Prefix. ZE is long enough cos it just can't go on & on with ZF, ZF, ZH,ZJ and so on & so forth, simple common sense will tell us. Maybe due to this simple rationale that even all of us simple folks could configure, the learned Sifus out there have taken a safe & long bullish position to insinuate that ZE could a true-blue Real McCoy in the elusive realm of numismatic rarities..........

ZD 1987 $100 PMG 66 Malaysia

Another nothing-to-gloat-about Malaysian note as even though it bears the Prefix of ZD, it's however NOT a Replacement, but just another ordinary note of its series, but, nonetheless, its owner had nothing better to do but had it professionally & independently graded by none other than the world-famous, reputable grading house, PMG. Maybe, this person submitted 100 Running Pieces to PMG as it's very much cheaper to submit in this form & which numismatists called the Bulk Submission; a piece apparently only costs 13 Yankee Dollar to be graded in this way.

It's unfortunate as everyone knows by now that the Replacement note for this Series bears the Prefix of ZU & NOT ZD. Also, very unfortunate that it doesn't bear the Prefix of AA as at least AA is something gloatable, as after all, AA should be the First Prefix, just something like A/1 or AAA or whatever, as long as there is an A or more than an A there.

And despite the passage of almost solid 30 years, the note looks as if it just came out from the mint/printer yesterday cos it looks as pristine as it can get, but of course, what it couldn't get is a superlative score of PMG 70 & of course, whenever anyone sends a note to PMG, one is hoping to score a score of PMG 70 because even an ordinary banknote with a score of PMG 70 can be sold for RM20K according to the usual reliable grapevine & in fact, according to the same reliable grapevine, there's a long queue of numismatists who are more than willing to pay even higher to lay their anxious hands on such a note with such an obnoxiously superlative score..........

1982 $100 ZZ Replacement Malaysia

By now, every self-anointed numismatic hero in Malaysia would know that any such note graded PMG 65 would be valued at more than 20 Malaysian grand as after all, during the recently concluded numismatic auction held at the PJ Hilton, such a note was hammered down at 20 grand & with the buyer's commission included, that's 23 grand, small money to some people but big money for the working class.

But, let's not disabuse ourselves from thinking that one could sell a similar note at the same price directly to the buyer(s). Most buyers, big buyers would never buy at such prices directly from you, they would beg for discounts & after discounted prices are given, they would further beg for more discounts from the already discounted prices.

However, during auctions, one doesn't see such 'behaviour' as everyone on the floor seems to want to outdo one another by trying to buy as high as possible. Perhaps, this is what one would label as irrational exuberance but what the hell, buyers are the Smartest Alecs & maybe, the observers who label such buyers as dunggus are themselves the unanointed dunggus, perhaps.

But let this be absolutely clear, or else, let yourselves be forever cursed by the good guardians of the heavens --whoever can't spring out 20k for this featured note, please waste time not & do kindly go & get a cold shower....

2015 RM20 ZC Replacements Malaysia The Real McCoy!

A learned but self-anointed numismatic sifu has declared that the fresh-from-the-oven RM20 ZC note with 3 Zeroes is indeed the Real McCoy as far as Rarity is concerned & as far as the recent batch of Replacements is concerned, but Rarity in the numismatic realm comes in many variations, cos, it could R,RR,RRR,RRRR or even RRRRR, eh bien, si tu comprends ce que je veux dire, mon vieux...

But of course, just like your bank accounts, the more zeroes one gets for such Replacements, that so much is better as it's a contest in fact for the total number of zeroes being present being the pivotal thing, more zeroes the merrier and more banknotes to be sent to PMG or even the newly launched CMC Grading Institution headquartered in Taiwan, and more dough being spent on grading fees and of cos, in the high freaking hopes of getting superlative grades like PMG 68, or even 69 or even the farkingly high to reach PMG 70 grade.....

And of cos, if one gets PMG 70, one can gloat & scream & shout as that could be the only solitary piece of such perfect-10 grade in this region and apparently, according to a very unreliable numismatic backroom chatter, a Sifu is willing to pay 10 Thousand Yankee Dollars for a note from Malaysia that has been graded PMG 70, no questions asked, regardless if the note is rare or half-rare or totally not rare; important criterion is it MUST be graded PMG 70 as PMG 70 is very, very rare, perhaps, as rare as a Rarity of RRRRR.

Erratum! 2015 ZD RM10 Replacement Malaysia No Longer Rare

Actually, the learned sifu who said this ZD Replacement is a rare issue & will be the future's bright shining star has got his marbles all mixed-up as this ZD is not a rare note after all.

But it was rare for 2 weeks & that's what matters as after all, being at the top of the charts for 2 weeks is better than not at all. It's just like being the World NO.1 player for such & such a sports & thereafter slide all the way down as there's always cause to gloat about when you're at NO.1, regardless whether you stayed there for say a day or a week. Same thing when you are at the NO.1 position at the Billboards's Top 100 for just a week; a week is better than no week and above all, how many clowns out there enjoy the bragging rights for 1 freaking week!

Too many sifus nowadays & for him/them to err is perfectly human and let's achieve divinity by forgiving him/her/them, ok? Sometimes, the sifu's crystal ball also can malfunction as it does need servicing and calibration at times as do any mortal creations would need.

According to the very same sifu, as per his now fully serviced & calibrated crystal ball, the Real McCoy as far as the new Replacements for the year 2015 is concerned is actually the new RM20 ZC Replacements as this ZC seems to be a rather scarce note & could be that elusive shining star in this vast numismatic universe & perhaps a peer thru the numismatic telescope is totally superfluous & unnecessary to ascertain such bullish claims as after all, he is the sifu, the numismatic sifu & in him we should all trust...... 

2014 ZC Replacement RM10 Malaysia Confirmed RARE

Whether or not the RM10 ZC Replacement is a rare item is too moot to be further discussed as it's so obvious that with the appearance of the recent hottie, ie, the ZD, the ZC is history, history in the sense that it's no longer in the production line and thus, fully deserves to be deservingly titled with the seldom used 4-letter-worded Title called "Rare."

With ZD jumping to the forefront, ZC mathematically & commonsensewise is in a league of its own raritywise as after all, with ZD superceding it, we don't need a Einsteinesque professor to mathematically tells us that ZC should get scarce or rather have gotten scarce, & of course, with Scarcity, comes Rarity & with Rarity, comes the inevitable & all-desired Glory.

Yes, that's the world of numismatics, whereby, those with 4-letter-worded Title of 'Rare' is the All-desired, the All-wanted ones because with the All-desired ones & the All wanted ones, come Glory, eternal Glory & with Glory comes Profitability & with Profitability comes naturally present Man's best friend, Money.

Part II 2015 ZD RM10 Replacement Rather Rare Malaysia

Pursuant to the previous ramblings on this Replacement issue, it's indeed confirmed that this evasive ZD Replacement is rather rare as one can't at this moment see any for sale online, eg, you can't see any on eBay, & neither can you see it for sale offline, eg, at the flea markets, & there were definitely none for sale at the SP Pasar Lambak last week!

As such, the 'Rarity' for this ZD could possibly be RRRRRR & thus, could be the future numismatics talk of the town.

Of course, as usual, some BCBG numismatics degree-holders would crow for ZDs with as many zeroes as possible as it seems that in the world of Malaysian numismatics, the more zeroes the better as far as the Serial Numbers are concerned. But, this irrational exuberance & silly infantile cravings for all things numismatics definitely do not make rational sense as the most important thing as far as plenty of zeroes are concerned is that of your bank account, not that of your banknotes' serial number, didn't your tuition teacher tell you that, my dear Bernard!?

The 4k pieces of these ZD have already been sent for grading and it's definitely not expensive as with bulk submissions, PMG only charges for each piece submitted at the rate of 13 Yankee Dollars only & that's peanuts for most folks who consider numismatics as their second wives....

By the way, it's better to put on record that these 4,000 pieces of RM10 ZDs are NFS, ie, Not For Sale, and they are only FSO, ie, For Sharing Only, yes, Sharing, is indeed, Caring......

2015 New Factory Fresh ZD Replacement RM10 Malaysia Rare!

Of course and in case if you are living in a far-flung cave, these are of course the latest RM10 ZD Replacements from Malaysia, and they should become very rare soon as it's not easy to get Replacements as Replacements were printed to replace defective notes but the percentage of such notes is very low & as such, you don't need to be a Stephen Hawking to know mathematically that the total amount printed for Replacements issues is actually negligible, and with less comes scarcity & with scarcity, of course, comes rarity, maybe a rarity of, say, RRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Yes, rare, rare, rare, rare, rare & freaking rare!

And of course, all these 4,000 or so pieces of these ZD Replacements would need to be professionally graded & of course, when the time comes, the grading house of choice would be none other than PMG, the apex numismatics grading house of the world. With PMG, comes quality, pristine, upper echeloned, uncompromised quality, yes, grade A quality.

Apparently, according to the reliable numismatics chatter, if this rare note is given a grade of PMG 70 EPQ, a single piece can fetch thousands of dollars and if this indeed true & if the referred numismatics chatter is not crap, then, this pile of notes is not just a pile of money with a face value, it's in fact a colossal pile of gold, and of course, you do know that gold has been for thousands of years man's best friend.

ZZ 0021884 1981 $100 Signed by Mr Aziz Taha

A $100 note issued in 1981, pardon me if I got the date wrong, signed by Mr Aziz Taha, with the Prefix of ZZ, and am honestly not sure if this is a so-called Replacement issue or not as normally Malaysian Replacements bear the Prefix of ZA, while this one is ZZ. My good trusted buddy told me this is definitely NOT a Replacement banknote, & honestly, I don't really give a shit as after all, this banknote is only in About Fine Condition, at most, Fine Condition, so what is there to gloat about? There is nothing overly bosomy with this note really, if you get ma drift.

Some Smart Aleck suggested that this banknote should or rather ought to be sent to PMG to be professionally graded for posterity purposes but if the banknote is only in About Fine condition, what's the point of sending it all the way to Florida to be graded as PMG doesn't belong to our grandfather cos if it belongs to our grandfather, the grading fees could & would & should be waived.

Also, another Smart Aleck suggested that instead of sending this note to PMG (in view of the various costs involved, not to mention the possible danger of the aerial journey to Florida just in case if the plane gets into some weather and/or mechanical trouble mid-flight), I might as well send this note to be graded by a local grading house. Is it true that there is/are local numismatic grading house(s)? May I know what's their charges, what's their turnover time & where are they located at? Thankyouverymuch.

ZB 0134116 RM1 Polymer PMG 65 EPQ 'No Longer RARE'

 

Tout d'abord, à tous mes amis des 4 coins du monde, je veux te souhaite tous Une Bonne Année ainsi que beaucoup de succes pour cette année & liebe alle meine Freunde & Freundinnen dieser Welt, hoffentlich daß fur Ihnen in diesem neuer Jahr alles gut ist!

A Very Happy New 2015 to you folks wherever you are including those folks at the North & South Poles!

But it seems that Year 2015 might not be a good year for yours truly as I am already taking a big hit as the banknote that I am so cocksure of being rare has turned out to be nothing but a piece of worthless shit.

The ZB RM1 Polymer Replacement has always been believed to be a rare note due to its seemingly extreme scarcity and I have bought a total of 164 pieces more than half a year ago at RM200 each, just as a form of long term investment holding, something to be passed on to my great, great grandchildren.

But alas, recently, accordingly to extremely reliable grapevine, there are already 7 million pieces of this note out now as according to the same grapevine, the one with the Serial NOs of ZB 7xxxxxx has been sighted & you don't have to be an Einstein to know bloody well that if there are 7 million pieces of a particular freaking note, this freaking note is definitely & cannot be rare unless of course if ou are a nutcase.

And that's my blardy freaking problem now as 2 months ago the biggest numismatic dealer in town offered me RM800 each, but I refused to sell as I wanted RM1,200 each and I suppose this is the consequence being a greedy pig. Like they say, "Bulls & Bears Will Survive, Only The Greedy Pigs Die!" How true.

But I have another bigger problem now as all these 164 pieces of ZB have been graded. They have been properly graded by PMG, the world famous authoritative independent banknotes grader, NOT some other graders as there seems to be quite a number of banknotes graders these days besides PMG! Grading 164 banknotes costs money as PMG doesn't belong to my grandfather. Even though among these 164 pieces as a consolation, I have managed to get 30 pieces graded at PMG 67 EPQ, 11 Pieces at PMG 68 EPQ, 5 Pieces at PMG 69 EPQ & 2 Pieces at PMG 70 EPQ, while the rest are PMG 65 & 66 EPQ.

But with the surfacing of the bigger numbers, theoretically giving the impression that there are about 7 million pieces of this note floating around, I have, as this year's New Year Resolution, decided to take a hair-cut or rather cut loss as after all, a man has to do what a man has to do - I have sold all these 164 pieces of ZB to a very mall-time dealer in Sabah for just RM150 each. Ya, a hefty loss but a lesson well learnt & my New Year 2015 certainly started with a bang but ah suppose in the wrong way.

OK, I promise & swear that I will not repeat my above mistake again this year. Actually, I already promised my grandfather last year, ie, on New Year's Eve, that I am quitting the numismatic world as I can't be forever taking losses & constantly losing my pants.

Malaysia 2013 $5 Polymer ZA Replacement

***Polymer notes should be perfect 10 notes as they have very sharp edges and corners & whatever, not to mention the perfect flat surfaces & being mechanically cut perfectly & as such with such perfectness, polymer notes without any doubt, should be perfect candidates in getting PMG 70EPQ as after all, there has been a deluge of Malaysian paper notes graded as PMG 67EPQ & so, polymer notes should be getting higher than PMG 67EPQ, of course.
However, counting chicks before they are even hatched is always a well-repeated folly as can be seen by this perfect 10 note but alas, which could afford to get a miserable PMG 66EPQ only.

Malaysia 2013 $1 ZA 0000033 PMG 66 EPQ

***Another Bo Derek-like perfect 10 banknote and perfect it should be as it's made of polymer or if you want, plastic, and as such should deserved to be graded as PMG 70 EPQ.
But, all it could get is PMG 66 EPQ. There is nothing imperfect with this banknote as all of its 4 corners are as sharp as hell & the note is as flat as the globe, but, why then, only a 66?
Maybe the many "Sifus" out there could be a source of enlightenment....

Malaysia 2013 $1 ZC Replacements

***From the newly reinforced 20-foot monetary vault of Sir Raymond Chang, here are the latest Replacements in the form of none other than the ZCs.
Of course, everyone is looking for those with 5 or even 6 zeroes but waste your time not folks as they are firmly in the grasp of our respected numismatic market leader and he is none other than, of course, Sir Raymond Chang.
By the way, they are for sale, so, please don't hesitate to ask, okay?
Anyway, according to the usual very reliable underground grapevine, the RM1 ZD is also out but just not sighted yet and as such, this ZD could be the rare one, the one that everyone would want to have a chunk of.
According to one particular 'Sifu,' it would be out during this Hari Raya, so, do stand-by at the ATM machines or maybe, get the money-changers to help you.....

Malaysia 2013 Error $100 ZA Replacement Without Golden Stripe

***Honestly, is there something to shout about, to crow about, to trumpet about, to croak and to gloat about as far as this banknote is concerned as the fat jury is still out?
Apparently, the Golden Stripe found at the Reverse is missing and as such, this could be the prince of some gloating rights, but then, this could also a 'post-mint job.'
But how to know if it's indeed a 'post-mint job?' Well, the best thing to do is to consult the many numismatic sifus in Malaysia but who is the best person to consult?
Maybe, Sifu & Pakar Numis Steven Tan could be consulted on this in order to make sure that this is no 'post-mint job' as after all, Sifu & Pakar Numis Steven Tan is one of the most senior, if not the most senior, numismatists in town and whose opinion should be invaluable and should carry lots of credible weight.

Malaysia 1976 $100 X/1 Replacement

***Of course this is, indeed, a Replacement Issue issued way, way before many of you out there were born.
But as you folks would know by now, this is neither a scarce nor a rare Malaysian replacement issue as the RM2 ZB is a rarer & a scarcer note and even the the so-called RM1 CR Aishah Banknote should be rarer and more difficult to grab hold of.
Furthermore, the X/1 Prefix is not popular among collectors as most collectors prefer the 'Z' Prefix for Replacement issues.
And above all, no gongs need to be superfluously hammered as this banknote is only in the About Fine or Fine++++ grade.