MALAYA COMMUNIST COMMITTEE PARTY (MCP) CIRCULATION NOTE
"Northern Johor Communist Committee Party Circulation Note" (MCP),Unlisted.
Rarity:Unique.
Tomorrow morning I will be going to Bangkok,Thailand to attend the EUR-SEREE COLLECTING AUCTION (http://www.eurseree.com) which to be held on Sunday 5th August 2012 9.30am at Narai Hotel Bangkok in Rattanakosin Ballroom.
One lot that is most interesting to me is a one dollar Malaya Communist Party circulation note.
This is a 1957 Malaya "Northern Johor Communist Committee Party Circulation Note". An unlisted 1 Yuan uniface printed on white paper all in Chinese characters, center hammer and sickle over 5 pointed red star,dated on top right, 3 vertical characters to the right meaning "Circulation Note", denomination to the left, upper left serial number in manuscript "0633", 12 characters below meaning "Malaya Northern Johor Communist Committee Party " (MCP),last line Treasurer signed "Ma Li Ming", figure '1" in red at low left and low right.
The size of the note is 10cm.X 8cm.;several visible creases and folds with top rough edge,original strong paper. It was an excellent printing work.A rare note in VF condition.
I had posted two images of similar notes with denomination of "Yi Jiao" (10 Cents) and "Wu Jiao" (50 Cents) on 28 July 2011 under the title "THE PRIVATE CURRENCY NOTES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF MALAYA" by: Saran Singh AMN, PNM, FRNS
Recap:
Rarity:Unique.
Tomorrow morning I will be going to Bangkok,Thailand to attend the EUR-SEREE COLLECTING AUCTION (http://www.eurseree.com) which to be held on Sunday 5th August 2012 9.30am at Narai Hotel Bangkok in Rattanakosin Ballroom.
One lot that is most interesting to me is a one dollar Malaya Communist Party circulation note.
This is a 1957 Malaya "Northern Johor Communist Committee Party Circulation Note". An unlisted 1 Yuan uniface printed on white paper all in Chinese characters, center hammer and sickle over 5 pointed red star,dated on top right, 3 vertical characters to the right meaning "Circulation Note", denomination to the left, upper left serial number in manuscript "0633", 12 characters below meaning "Malaya Northern Johor Communist Committee Party " (MCP),last line Treasurer signed "Ma Li Ming", figure '1" in red at low left and low right.
The size of the note is 10cm.X 8cm.;several visible creases and folds with top rough edge,original strong paper. It was an excellent printing work.A rare note in VF condition.
I had posted two images of similar notes with denomination of "Yi Jiao" (10 Cents) and "Wu Jiao" (50 Cents) on 28 July 2011 under the title "THE PRIVATE CURRENCY NOTES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF MALAYA" by: Saran Singh AMN, PNM, FRNS
Recap:
Private notes
In 1955, the North Johor Regional Committee ( NJRC )
of the Communist Party of Malaya issued private notes for use in areas
under their control. These notes are believed to have been issued in
denominations of 5 Cents, 10 Cents, 50 Cents, One Dollar and Five
Dollars. These private notes were printed entirely in Chinese,
translated e.g. “Yit Chiao ( 10 Cents ) or Wu Chiao ( 50 Cents ). Lou
Thung Kin (Legal Tender), Ma-loy-ya Kung Ch’an Tong Jou Pei Ti Wei Hui
Fat (Malayan Communist Party North Johore Regional Committee issue).
Signed by Mah Lit Min, Choy Ching (Treasurer)”. The bust of Lenin with
the star and sickle above. The Serial Number and the year date “ 1955 ”
below. The size of the 5 Cents is 90 mm x 65 mm. These noted were
printed in Black on white paper by a local printer (name unknown). All
these notes are extremely
rare.
Reference: “Paper Money of the 20th Century” Volume I Appendix ix Pages A8 – A9
Published by the International Bank Note Society, U.S.A. ( 1973 )
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Magnificient! A part of our history!
ReplyDeleteHi mnfaj,
ReplyDeleteIt was realized at RM14,000.