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LIVE AUCTION Closing date: April 7, 2020 T his CGB Live Auction will be full of surprises - a set of 455 lots including over 400 specimens from all countries and as many rarities! Bids can be placed starting mid- March 2020 directly at www.cgb.fr and on the Numisbid and Sixbid platforms. Live Closing (live bids) will start on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 from 2 pm (Paris time). An exceptional auction Page after page, you will discover a sumptuous collection of specimens. No long series of variants, dates or alphabets but almost exclusively different types with 80% of banknotes in UNCIRCULATED or ABOUT UNCIRCULATED, most of which are certified, graded and PMG-Slabbed (147 lots). We are pleased to offer for sale three different and extremely rare banknotes of the Banque de Syrie et du Liban (1939-1964), i.e . lots 4370264, 4370265 and 4370266: a 25 Livres issued note from 1939, an incredible 250 Livres SPECIMEN note from 1939 and a beautiful 100 Livres SPECIMEN note from 1945. Issued banknotes are often the most difficult ones to find but their condition is usually quite poor. Specimens allow you to get higher conditions which highlight the style and beauty of such true works of art. At this sale, an Austrian specimen will catch hobbyists’ attention, i.e . the 1,000 Schilling from 1930 (lot 4370074 – slabbed PMG63)! This 1,000 Schilling non-issued banknote is impossible to find and none are listed by PMG! Nevertheless, this specimen is listed in the Pick. It is difficult to say on what bases these numbers were decided on but considering the differences in prices realized by other Austrian rarities, anything is possible. The 1,000 Dong specimen banknote is another remarkable banknote during this sale (lot 4370447 – slabbed PMG 50EPQ) and is indisputably the rarest and probably most spectacular banknote for Vietnam. The one up for sale at this auction is magnificent. It was folded into quarters but unlike the few other copies identified, it was luckily not numbered with a red stamp. As a consequence, the grade is lower than UNC notes, but its visual aspect is unquestionably far better! Many other surprises await you at this auction such as the very rare Australia series (lots 4370067 to 4370073, all PMG-slabbed), the 5 Peso Uruguay (lot 4370414 – slabbed PMG 63EPQ) created by the Banque de France or the banknotes for Singapore (lots 4370358 to 4370365 – all PMG-slabbed), Indonesia (lots 4370227 to 4370241 – all PMG-slabbed), French India (lots 4370193 – slabbed PMG 65EPQ and 4370194 – slabbed PMG 50EPQ) and DOM-TOM (French Overseas Departments & Territories). This set of specimens is the most beautiful and varied selection we have ever offered for sale. The Banque de France collection is also well represented with eleven specimens, including 5