Found in a UK country auction – the £180,000 note
This $1000 Straits Settlement bill was described by Spink specialist Barnaby Faull as “the holy grail of Asian Pacific banknotes” after it had sold for Sin$420,000 (£180,000) plus buyer’s premium in Singapore on July 5.
The price, a record for an Asian banknote, also represents a remarkable coup for a British antiquari…