Malaysia $50 Solid Numbers 8888888 Uncirculated

***Another banknote that's worth crowing about & this piece is in the form of the RM50 deno from the previous series & of course, bearing the ever desirable Serial Numbers of 8888888.

A note that used to appear in abundant form but altogether disappeared from the scene and at the same time had its price spiked upwards.

I suppose that's what is being meant when words like 'Today's The Crapper, Tomorrow's The World" were uttered.

Malaysia 1986 $10 Solid Numbers 8888888 Uncirculated

***This banknote which was issued more than 20 donkey years ago is worth crowing about as it bears the ever desirable & universally popular as well as prosperous Serial Numbers of 8888888.
It's never easy to get such serial numbers from banknotes from the 'days of yore' compared to those issued these days but even recent banknotes these days with such serial numbers do not c0me cheap but put it this way, this hobby doesn't come cheap or should I say, this is not a cheap hobby.
It's quite hard to build a respectable collection if one's pocket is too shallow & ya, this, indeed, is a 'cruel hobby', as someone not so famous recently put it to yours truly.
These days, it's imperative that one buys ahead and not as an idiotic slave to what have been quoted in various numismatic catalogues, pricewise.
Why? Because these catalogues are all wrong always. Either the prices quoted are way too low or are too high.
So, you collectors need extra input, input that cannot be acquired in a day, input that cannot be bought but input that can only be acquired through & through by 'turun padang', & by also mingling with the various Pakar Numis Malaysia and there are quite a number of these Pakar Numis' around, mind you.....

Malaysia 1979 50 Cents With Extra Dot Brilliant Uncirculated

***Of course, by now you all should know that this variety of the 1979 Malaysian 50 Sen coin that has an extra Dot at the bottom of the Parliament House was discovered by none other than our highly esteemed friend, Pakar Numis Malaysia, Steven Tan.

Actually, there are tonnes of this coin around, esp. those in Fine or VF conditions, & many more that have been chemically cleaned & which some collectors proudly claimed to be 'EF' or even 'AU!'

What we desire most today will be those in BU condition, which are never easy to find and never cheap to acquire obviously.

Here is a nice specimen thats worth gloating about to those who like this so-called 'Extra Dot' variety or rather those who like dot or dots on the Malaysian coins.

However, just because of this 1979 variety, I have noticed that many amateur collectors have been very busy getting down & looking for so-called 'dots' for the Hibiscus series & believe it or not, some even proclaimed that they have discovered those with not just 1 dot but oh God, 2 'dots'.....Good luck to these pioneering folks who are obviously 'dots hunting'....

Malaysia 1973 1 Sen Brilliant Uncirculated

***Besides the 1976 Malaysian 1 Sen coins which were struck in 2 different metal planchets, the 1973 1 sen coins too were struck in 2 variations, ie, copper & copper-clad steel planchets, with the latter being magnet friendly.

Of course, by, now, every Tom, Dick & Harry know that the 1 Sen 1976 copper can command more than RM3 grand a piece, which means in terms of weight, this coin costs more than its weight in gold & as usual, if anything sounds too good to be true, most probably, it is!

I still prefer to stick to gold as after all, gold is forever! Of course, the fairer sex would prefer diamonds, I am told.

And of course, people can claim that there are ONLY roughly 100 pieces of this copper variation being available & but how accurate can that be?!

Even the leading Malaysian numismatic catalogue makes no reference as to its presumed quantity & never gave a reference price to this particular coin struck in copper.

If 100 pieces is something to really, really, really, really, really gloat about, what about the Malaysian commemorative proof gold coins which only had 150 pieces struck?

Shouldn't these gold coins cost more than RM8 grand a piece if a miserable 1 sen copper with a presumed quantity of 100 pieces is commanding more than RM3 grand?

After all, how much does an oz of gold costs vis-a-vis copper you tell me? Every dungu knows how much gold costs today compared to copper!

Anyway, you folks don't have to break your balls for you can own a set of these 1973 Malaysian 1 sen coins also struck in both copper & copper-clad steel in Brilliant Uncirculated condition for just a miserable RM47, postage already thrown in.
I have several sets of these 1973 ones in very sassy BU condition for sale, do contact me if you want any & you can, thus,now join the league of collectors collecting high grade Malaysian 1 sen coins!

Malaysia 2011 $100 ZE 0010000 Replacement Banknote Uncirculated

***A rather cute banknote in the form of the current RM100 Replacement Series but with the cute Serial Numbers of ZE0010000.
The moment I saw this banknote I really wanted it as I find the serial numbers cute. Maybe you don't but I do! The more zeroes the better. 6 zeroes make a million & that means the more zeroes the richer you are.
I am lucky to have got this banknote from a well-known Pakar Numis Malaysia during the latest MNS auction held at the Museum Negara.
For that, I am hereby, thanking you again profusely but as per your wish to remain anonymous, I swear in the name of heaven that I will never mention your name to anyone. And you know my word is as good as anything!
I think it's better to send this banknote to the PMG folks for grading as I am sure it will be returned as at least PMG 65 or 66, but you'll never know....One clown told me that this banknote is a PMG 68 candidate...

Malaysia 2011 $50 ZC Replacement Banknotes Uncirculated

***I still remember how my backside got burnt thru the RM1 'rare' ZD Replacement banknotes and since then, I have promised my grandma that I wouldn't want to put good money into these Replacements crap.

Once burnt, twice shy, as they so aptly put it!

But, as usual, I never seem to be able to keep my word when an old runner with a gift of gab this morning convinced me to buy these freaking RM50 ZC Replacements, saying, there is 'future' in these.

What the fuck was this old fox talking about, what bloody future,heaven knows?

And I almost pissed thru my khaki pants when he showed me 4 stacks of these notes starting from the Serial Nos of ZC 0000001 to ZC 0000400.

There could be hundreds of stacks of these all over the place!

Anyway, since he was only offering these to me at a mere RM55 each, I decided to take these 3 pieces as these 3 numbers are the lucky numbers of my pussycats & who knows, these might bring me truckloads of prosperity soon.

By the way, the above runner has already sent the ZC0000001 banknote to PMG to be graded & he is praying that it will be tagged PMG 68, as after all, the PMG folks are the undisputable experts as far as banknotes grading is concerned.

Apparently, he wants to put this banknote for auction thru the coming Spink Auction as he is a bit miffed that despite the low numbers, nobody locally is willing to pay him at least a thousand Ringgit for it.

Malaysia 1998 Paperweight $2 AA0000000

***A unique paperweight issued more than 10 years ago by the Central Bank Of Malaysia featuring an unissued RM2 note bearing the all-desirable Serial Numbers of AA0000000.

This paperweight comes with a box & a blue-colored velvet cover. However, most similar paperweights being sold online & offline don't come with these.
The banknote encased in the paperweight is a rather unique one as it's not available in any other form & as such, there have been contemplated attempts to crack open one & retrieve the very much desirable note.

Apparently, one well-known Pakar Numis Malaysia has tried doing so but made a mess of it big time!

And now, the Venerable One, the low-profile Malaysian numismatic market leader, Datuk Raymond Chang, is planning to crack open a similar paperweight in order to get that bloody encased note out, apparently, so that he can crow & gloat about it all to you & me obviously.

I am waiting to see the outcome of Datuk Raymond Chang's attempt to do so & if he could, I will get mine cracked open too & that way I too can gloat & crow like him!

But guys, do you know that Datuk Raymond Chang wants to charge me a professional fees of RM200 just to crack open this lousy paperweight?