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Auction: CSS128A - Hong Kong, Macau, World Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 394

Bank Negara Malaysia, a polymer (Guardian substrate) specimen/test note 2 ringgit, ND (1996), no serial numbers, mauve and multicoloured, Tunku Abdul Rahman at right, value low left, vertical signature of Ahmad bin Mohd.Don at left, reverse mauve and multicoloured, communication tower and satellite in field
(Pick 40s for similar, Straus p.158 2016 edition), red CONTOH overprint. in PMG holder 64 EPQ Gem Uncirculated. This note in polymer extremely rare and unusual and its existence proves that Bank Negara were experimenting with polymer at the time. But Malaysia's first non-commemorative polymer note was only issued much later in 2004.


Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$40,000

Starting price
HK$30000