bubu

Hi,I need all the banknote collectors and specialists to help me this time.This is a straits settlements king george the fifth $5 dollar note issued in 1935 with missmatch prefix numbers B/27 00001 on the left bottom and B/41 100000(additional 0) on the right top.Beside that,there are number 12345 printed on top of this note.This note was kept by a british government in his book in 1937,the green colour numbers and date written by him on the plastic cover(not on the note).However somebody stole the book out and discovered this note in the book and sold to my friend uncle and my friend uncle just showed me this note and i took a picture of it.At first i was shocked to see the mismatch number especially the right number on top with an extra 0 on the number and also the number 12345 printed on top center of the note.Honestly,i have never ever seen anything like this before as a banknote collector,never seen anyone auctioned and sold on ebay before.I have a few question to ask here.



1.what happend to this note during processing?
2.Is this considered an major error note or unique number note?
3.Why this note has 12345 printed on top center of the note?
4.Is this note rare or common?
5.Does it has any special value and keen by the collector?



I THINK THIS ERROR NOTE IS VERY SPECIAL AND WILL FETCH VERY HIGH PRICE,IT IS THE MOST VALUEBLE NOTE IN HIS COLLECTION.



Beside this note,my friend uncle has many straits settlements and malaya british borneo note such as 1942 malaya KGVI $1000 note,1953 British north borneo QEII $100&$1000 notes and many old straits settlements and malaya and british borneo notes all in his collection.Fortunely,he wanted to sell his whole entire malaya and british borneo collection to a keen buyer or collector for those who can afford and pay very high prices for all his rare notes in his collections only.

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lettow

It is not an error, it is a specimen note.

bubu

bro,are you sure that it is a specimen note?someone told me its a test note,if it is a specimen note,does it has any special value and keen by the collector for this note,please give me your opinion,thanks.

Daggarjon

Nice note - i love the tiger on the back

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lettow

Specimen notes are usually printed to use as examples for banks, law enforcement and others who will come in contact with the notes. Specimen notes frequently have special serial numbers such as all zeroes or 12345678. Sometimes they are stamped or perforated with the word "SPECIMEN" but not always. The serial numbers and the number at the top of this note (12345) are consistent with how this printer made its specimen notes.

Test notes are usually printed to test the printing presses or ATM machines.

Most specimens are scarce because they were not intended for general release. Czech notes are an exception where specimen notes were sold to the public and collectors.

The regular issue notes of this $5.00 note are scarce. This specimen is undoubtedly even more scarce.

You friends uncle seems to have a lot of nice notes. He would be better served by contacting a dealer or an auction house in SE Asia or one of the major currency auction houses in the US, UK or Australia if he really wants to sell these notes. Solicitations on an internet discussion board are not really the best way to do this.