1941 Malaya 10 Dollars

Looks like it could be worth more than $100.

http://www.pmgnotes.com/priceguide/...msearch=true

The catalog values are usually a bit inflated - but ebay sold listings show that it's definitely worth more than $50.

Thanks for the great info guys. It seems to be in very good shape in hand, but I have zero experience grading these. Any ideas of grades? The bottom left corner is very slightly wrinkled but the rest of it seems to be very crisp.

Some dealers would grade that as an AU note, but I'd give it an XF+, myself. I'm a pretty conservative table vendor, though.

It's a fairly scarce note, not rare, but not common, either. It's in nice clean condition. I'd tend to price it, from the photos, at midrange between XF and AU, but not be shy about giving a little discount in a face to face transaction. I would price it at $225 and sell for $175-$200, or try to. If I had it in hand, the price could be higher, or lower, once condition was verified.

I don't see the permitted three light vertical folds or one horizontal fold for XF grade, but AU allows for a single light vertical fold. While I don't see that, the corner creases, bends, and aging paper drop it below AU, to me.

Notes from the British Empire, including early QE II notes, are always collectible and sell well.

Leave it in the holder, and don't clean it or iron it, you'll just lose a bunch of the value.

Depending on the breadth of your holdings, you could be sitting on a lot of nice collectible notes, or just a pile of Japanese Invasion Money (JIMs).

Go online and get yourself a copy of the latest edition of Krause Publications' Pick Catalog of World Paper Money, 1900-1960, that sounds like just the one volume will cover your material. Then open it up and see what's what. Lots of good info inside, too, like official grading standards.

Just to let you know, any note with a portrait of King George VI on it is quite collectible, not because of the portrait, but it's British Empire, you'll see it on India, Malaya, Burma, Australia, Fiji, and the rest of the colonies and dominions of the time. Go through your stuff and set those aside, it's popular in just about all grades except the bottom rungs. Just little Five Rupee notes from India, in AU condition, that were five or ten dollars 40 years ago are now $75 and up. Fine (less than stellar condition) copies of a Fiji Ten Shilling note that was two dollars is now a good deal more.

You don't need a current copy of the Pick catalog. Any recent edition will suffice for notes of this era and cost significantly less than the current one.

cats25 , the serial number is in green lettering and there is a large A after it. As well as an A/70 previous to it.