Arab amateurs win banknote prizes
The American company BMG announced the results of its banknote collections competition, which is documented in its records worldwide, in January 2024. The results showed that a number of Arab collectors and Arab collections in general achieved honorable results and superior positions worldwide, including the award for the best banknote collection at the level of global currency collections.
The competition is organized annually by PMG in four categories: Best US Banknote Collection, Best International Banknote Collection, Best Presented Collection, and Best Overall Collective Performance Award.
Best Group Presentation Award
Mr. Hassan Bazzi obtained it from His collection The collection, which is dedicated to Lebanon and covers the period from the beginning of 1925 until today, is a joint collection with two other collectors. It is a complete collection that includes many banknotes with high ratings. Mr. Hassan began building his collection in 2010 after he bought a one-lira note on eBay that he had used when he was young.
Over the years, he continued to add many banknotes to his collection and became a regular attendee at international auction houses. Despite owning a collection of banknotes from many countries, his main focus has always remained on Lebanese banknotes.
He contributed to the publication of many books in the past two decades, starting with the World Catalogue of World Paper Money and the book Paper Money and Coins in Lebanon, which was published by Professor Abdo Ayoub in 2005, and his assistance in the catalogue of Lebanese banknotes for Ali Shour and the history of Lebanese banknotes 1919-1964 for both Tony Anka and Wissam Al-Lahham.
Qatar Group is complete
Qatar is among the ever-growing regions for banknote collecting and PMG record keeping, and the country offers a wide range of banknotes with some remarkable rarities. One collector, known as Empty Quarter, has amassed a collection. group The complete banknotes began in 1973.
The amateur, after whom the Empty Quarter is named, worked as a petroleum engineer in Saudi Arabia for 25 years. During that time he had the opportunity to travel to all the Gulf countries, including Qatar.
The 500 Qatari Riyal note issued in 1973 is one of the most challenging banknotes for him due to the difficulty of finding it in high condition, and he hopes to upgrade it in the future with a better quality piece.
Best Banknote Collection Award
Dr. Sherif Tayel's collection from Egypt outperformed all other global banknote collections registered with the American company PMG this year after winning an award. Best collection At the global collection level, Dr. Sherif's private collection contains nearly 100 years of Egyptian banknote issues from 1913 to the present day, documented with pictures and descriptions.
One of the most notable pieces in the collection is the ten-pound note issued in April 1920 with a rating of 45 Extremely Fine EPQ, one of only two with this EPQ designation.
Dr. Sherif began documenting his collection in 2014 and continued to exhibit and acquire rare, high-quality Egyptian artifacts, which has placed it among the top 50 collections registered in PMG's records. The attention Dr. Sherif Tayel has given to this collection, and others focused on Egypt, has resulted in it being ranked among the top 100 collections overall in PMG's records.
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