Malaya & British Borneo 1,000 dollars type 1953

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Pick: #6 , The Banknote Book: B106

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Description

Malaya and British Borneo. Board of Commissioners of Currency. Dollar System. 1953 Issue. 1,000 dollars type 1953. Date: March 21, 1953. Dimensions: 204 x 132 mm. Watermark: Tiger head. Material: Paper. Segmented security thread. Printer: Thomas de La Rue & Co LTD, London, England. Front and back: polychrome printing predominantly purple, green, gray and yellow. Orchids. Portrait of RAS Queen Elizabeth II at right in a medallion. Series A/1 and 5-digit s/n in black. Texts in English and Malay. Signature of William Cecil Taylor at center. Description of the back: Texts in English and Malay. Guilloches patterns and coat of arms of the 16 Member States (Singapore, Perak, Kedah, Pahang, Malacca, Sarawak, Brunei, Kelantan, Perlis, Trengganu, North Borneo, Penang, Negri Sembilan, Johore, Selangor). This Specimen note was sold $ 13,800.00 by Heritage Auctions in 2018 (lot #28313). Grade: PCGS 55 Choice About New. Very Rare: 18 notes graded in the PMG population Report (March, 24, 2021).

Banknotes :Board of Commissioners of Currency (1953)