A beautiful piece with slight foxing, crisp paper, clear firm colours and sharp corners...............can you consider this as UNC?
The reverse of the note.............how? Wonder whether to send to the people at PMG to get it appraised.......
A pair of 2nd Series Brunei Five Dollars progress proofs.................lovely?
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  Nothing much can be mentioned about this 1940 series of BNBC banknote or for that matter banknotes issued by BNBC. This banknote carries the signature of BNBC's treasurer Captain William Anthony Casterton Smelt, who was in 1946 recognized for his services during internment. Beyond this fact, everything is zilt, zero, nyet, nada, kosong....... the company, the printer/engravers,etc....all gone......sad!   This banknote is my first that has a PMG certification, apparently it seems like there is now a local trend towards having the notes certified by an internationally recognized third party. I suppose this will prevent most of the local "buaya"(cheaters), oops!......I mean dealers/flea market sellers from deceiving new collectors into buying 'doctored' high grade banknotes. Once again, new collectors...............BEWARE..............most of our local dealers/flea market sellers are a bunch of "doctors" ..............banknote doctors! They ought to have the intials MBBS next to their name, not Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery but Make Bogus BanknoteS. |
