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I like to do things a little differently. So lately I found myself a very nice challenge. One that allows for some encouraging progress in the beginning but also one that will be very hard to fully accomplish, and thus one that will keep me busy for quite some time. I'm calling it "Project PMG" where PMG stands for "Pick Matches Grade". The idea is to find a note for all 29 existing grades on the 70 point scale, where the catalog number matches the grade. I have defined a few further constraints, that may be abandoned if need be, and that also allow for some later improvement: 1. Preferrably Pick numbers, although numbers from other catalogs are OK. 2. Preferrably PMG slabs, although slabs from other TPG's are OK. 3. Preferrably only 1 note per country, although duplicates are OK. 4. Preferrably only 1 note per year, although duplicates are OK. The only really hard condition is that the catalog number printed on the header MUST MATCH the grade on the header. This concerns only the numerical part, i.e. a P-65s in PMG 65 EPQ totally qualifies, as 65 = 65. I've been doing this for some 3-4 months now, and I'm having all the positions from 10 thru 69 filled. I will show you what I have accumulated so far. While doing this, I also found the set contains several peculiarities, such as specimen, overprinted or replacement notes. Disclaimer: I know probably some of you will object against this idea as it is just about the most flagrant violation imaginable of the rule "Buy the note, not the holder" but well, too bad.  Another disclaimer: The PMG company has nothing to do with this. So, hang on, here we go 
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Netherlands
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Position: 10 Catalog: Criswell Grader: PCGS Currency Issuer: Confederate States of America Year: 1861 Denomination: 10 Dollars Peculiarity: Triple play (cat. number = grade = denomination) 
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Netherlands
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Position: 12 Catalog: Charlton Grader: PCGS Currency Issuer: Govenment of Newfoundland Year: 1920 Denomination: 1 Dollar Peculiarity: None really, other than currently the most expensive element in the set 
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Netherlands
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Position: 15 Catalog: Charlton Grader: BCS Issuer: Dominion of Canada Year: 1900 Denomination: 25 Cents Peculiarity: None (I'm working on an alternative for this one because I'm not so happy about the BCS slabs actually) 
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Netherlands
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Position: 20 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: PCGS Currency Issuer: East African Currency Board Year: 1933 Denomination: 5 Shillings Peculiarity: None 
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Netherlands
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Position: 25 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: PMGIssuer: Thailand, Government of Siam Year: 1935 Denomination: 20 Baht Peculiarity: None 
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Netherlands
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Position: 30 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: PMGIssuer: St Pierre & Miquelon Year: 1960 Denomination: 1 Nouveau Franc on 50 Francs (Réunion) Peculiarity: Overprint 
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Netherlands
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Position: 35 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: PMGIssuer: Curaçao Year: 1942 Denomination: 1 Gulden Peculiarity: None 
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Netherlands
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Position: 40 Catalog: Criswell Grader: PMGIssuer: Confederate States of America Year: 1862 Denomination: 100 Dollars Peculiarity: None 
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Netherlands
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Position: 45 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: PCGS Currency Issuer: Portuguese Guinea Year: 1971 Denomination: 100 Escudos Peculiarity: Specimen 
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Netherlands
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Position: 50 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: Legacy Issuer: Burma Year: 1958 Denomination: 50 Kyats Peculiarity: Triple play 
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Netherlands
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Position: 53 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: PCGS Currency Issuer: Luxembourg Year: 1967 Denomination: 10 Francs Peculiarity: Specimen 
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Netherlands
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Position: 55 Catalog: SCWPM (Pick) Grader: PMGIssuer: Switzerland Year: 1980 Denomination: 20 Franken Peculiarity: None 
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Netherlands
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Position: 58 Catalog: Charlton Grader: BCS Issuer: Bank of Canada Year: 1991 Denomination: 20 Dollars Peculiarity: None (or, tandem with #60, but as they are both BCS, these probably won't stay) 
Edited by Lighthouse250 09/12/2021 05:23 am
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Netherlands
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Position: 60 Catalog: Charlton Grader: BCS Issuer: Bank of Canada Year: 1988 Denomination: 100 Dollars Peculiarity: None (tandem with #58, see there) 
Edited by Lighthouse250 09/12/2021 05:24 am
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Netherlands
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Position: 61 Catalog: Criswell Grader: PCGS Currency Issuer: Confederate States of America Year: 1863 Denomination: 2 Dollars Peculiarity: None (albeit a super rare catch since the 61 Grade is almost never assigned, let alone to a matching catalog number) 
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