The Mall Flea Market

Its been a while since I update my Flea Market list. They're few Flea Market in KL that I have not share in my blog before, one of them is The Mall Flea Market. The Mall is a shopping mall beside PWTC (Putra World Trade Center). I had been receiving information about this flea market for almost a year. The last time I go check this Flea market, I don't find anyone selling coins or banknotes. After a failed coin hunting trip today at Sasana Kijang, I go for lunch in the Mall. On the way back to car park, I found Mr Ng from Summit USJ Flea Market. he don't remember me but his printed Malaysia Banknote sheet will make me remember him forever.

Mr. Ng told me, it has been a year since he change his location to The Mall. Last time the flea market only open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They start to open everyday since the last 2 months. The Flea market start a bit late, around 11 am and they're only around 3 sellers who sale coin and banknote. Most of the Sellers in here sell cloth and women accessories. If you had been to Amcorp Mall Flea Market, don't put your expectation too high on this one. I maybe come in there a bit early, most of the sellers still arranging their item for display.

Its not that hard to find the mall Kuala Lumpur, If you're driving, try find Jalan Sultan Ismail signboard and head to PWTC, the mall is beside PWTC. If you're using Star LRT, you can stop at stesen LRT PWTC station. If you're using KTM Komuter, you need to stop at Putra KTM Komuter station. Most people will be heading to The Mall, you can follow them or ask anyone for direction. Its just around 150 meters walk from both the stations to the Mall. The flea market is on the lower ground (LG) level.

Beside Uncle NG, there is another uncle who also selling coins and banknotes. He a little bit shy and I only get to take his picture once. He told me he once open a shop at Jalan Maharajalela. I seen him before some where but don't remember where. His collection is a little bit more then what Uncle Ng have but most of them is in circulated condition. If you're looking for Malaysia Parliament coin series to complete your collection, you can try find him. I am not sure if he got any good collection for sale since he is busy and I don't want to disturb him. Just look at some of the collection he have for sale.

Uptown Shah Alam

Today, I just had a visit to Uptown Shah Alam. For any of you who don't know, its also known as Kompleks Muhibbah Shah Alam. The place located at Seksyen 24 Shah Alam. For any of you who don't know where is the exact place, the best way is going there using KESAS (Shah Alam Highway) and enter LKSA ( Lebuhraya Kemuning-Shah Alam), just look for Kompleks Muhibbah Shah Alam after you pay your toll. The place open from 8pm until 3am everyday but most of the shop in that place only open at 9.30pm. I suggest you come early at around 8pm if you go on weekend because it will be hard to find parking after 9pm.

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The only shop that make me interested to make a visit to that place is Uptown Banknote & Coin Collection own by Che'Lee. I had been his friends in Facebook for many months and had seen him posting his collection online since then. On my visit today, Che'Lee just open his shop and not many people around. After 10 minutes, people start coming to his shop nonstop. But most of them just a curious onlookers who never seen old Malaysia coins and banknotes. During my visit that day, Che'Lee collection mostly Malaysia coins and banknotes including Straits Settlements, Malaya British Borneo. He also display some foreign banknotes, Coke-Cola Bottles & accessories, Rayban & accessories and also some Malaysia banknotes in a frame complete with a small description of the notes. All the notes in that frame are in Uncirculated condition.

Che Lee: The only coin and banknote seller in Uptown Shah Alam.

Uptown Banknote & Coin Collection

Address: Lot 36, Blok B. Kompleks Muhibbah, Seksyen 24, Shah Alam.

Tel: +60-142364828 (better called him before you make a visit)

email: cheely08@gmail.com

Why do I suggest you to come as early as 8pm? Uptown Shah Alam also have many eating places/stall that you can visit. You can eat Thai, Malay or Indonesian food in here. Nasi lemak, Soto, Bakso, Steambot, Otak-otak, Satar and many more Malaysian food waiting for you in here. I heard that the Uptown Steambot is famous among food lover but sadly I am already full to try them today, maybe next time.

Like many other flea market in this country, you can find many things in Uptown Shah Alam. You can find men clothes, women clothes, shoes, handbag, toys, camping and survival gears, pets shops and 2nd hand clothes (bundle). If you're a fan of Levis Bundle, you can find many bundle shop selling Levis in here. Just make sure you come/stay at this place after 10pm since at that time, most shop already open and ready for visit. They also have live bands to entertain visitor that coming to visit.

More pictures in my Facebook Album: Uptown Shah Alam.

No more Heritage Hotel Money Fair

U.S Agency recently told me, they will not held any Money and Stamp Fair at Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. This is because of high rental rates and the place currently doing some renovation work. You can find them every Saturday and Sunday at Amcorp Mall Flea market in Petaling Jaya. Mr. Govin from U.S Agency told me that they had stop doing fair at that place for many months now.

Photo: Mr. Govin, owner of US Agency.

U.S Agency Dealing in Stamps, Coins, Banknotes, Miniature Sheets, Phone Cards in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong & World. U.S Agency is based in Ipoh. You can find their shop at; No. 115, Jln Sultan Idris Shah, 30000 Ipoh, Perak. You can contact the owner Mr. Govin at phone number 012-5017775. They were actively involved in many money and stamp fair across Malaysia. For me, they were one of coin dealer who actively try to educate public on coin collecting.


Amcorp Mall flea market open on Saturday and Sunday; from 9.00 am until 5.00 pm. The flea market of Amcorp Mall located in the mall at the lower ground and the 1st floor. The Amcorp Mall is situated at Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Located opposite the Taman Jaya LRT station which is served by the Kelana Jaya Line, operated by Rapid KL. It is also located in the proximity of the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel and the Armada Hotel. This is one of the flea market recommended by most collector for antique, coin, vintage and collectibles item.

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19 september 2010 hunting trip

I am going back to Kota Kinabalu for the last Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Its been a busy two weeks holiday for me, I need to squeeze my coin hunting trip when I get a spare time. I want to say sorry to all of my coin collector friends in Kota Kinabalu because cannot meet all of you. Will try to make it next time. The only two place I get a chance to visit for coin hunting are Wisma Merdeka and Gaya Street Tamu. Gaya Street Tamu or Sunday Market is a must visit place if you ever go to Kota Kinabalu. Its open every Sunday starting from 6am until around 1 pm.

I am visiting Gaya Street Tamu on 19 September 2010. Its a short coin hunting trip since my flight back to Kuala Lumpur is on the same day. Gaya Street pack with people that day, mostly foreign tourist. I get a chance to visit Cikgu Chong but nothing that interest me on display that day. I try to find Michele. On my way to Michele stall, I found this new guy (Correct me if I am wrong). I don't get a chance talking with him since he got customer that time. I waited for 5 minutes but he still busy entertaining his customer. Or maybe I am invisible that day? I just take my pictures and go to Michele stall.

I think everyone of you still remember Michele, right? When I go there, no banknotes or coins that interesting for me to buy and keep. But her pressing irons on sell a little bit interesting for me. Normally she only display the normal charcoal irons. On that day, she got the flat sad iron, fuel liquid iron and another collectibles iron that I don't know what they called it. There is a metal iron in that pressing iron. All of that irons are heavy, at least weight 3 Kg a piece. I am not an antique pressing iron collector but its not easy to spot this kind of iron in Malaysia. I had seen the flat sad iron before but not the fuel liquid Iron and that other one. She is selling those irons for RM800 a piece. I don't know the market price of this collectibles but you can always bargain if you interested.

I don't buy anything that day. Just another unlucky hunting trip for me.

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Summit usj flea market

I have been passing by this flea market few times but what I saw nothing much happen. There is not many people selling in this flea market unlike those in Amcorp Mall, Petaling Jaya. When I go there last Sunday, I saw something different in this flea market then its usual looks. I saw a seller putting his old Malaysia banknotes in a files folder. To anyone who maybe don't realize. There is a flea market held at 2nd floor of Summit USJ every Saturday and Sunday. It start at around 10am and closed around 9pm. The flea market is just below The GSC Cinema.

I meet with the seller, he introduced his name as Ng or Vincent. He is selling his collection of banknotes. What attract me is he putting this sheets of old 10 ringgit banknote. I touch it and look like it is a fake notes printed using normal printer. He should put specimen on the notes if he want to display it but never mind, no one will check. Mr. Ng have a vast collection of same number banknote. He claim that many Singaporean are looking for this kind of notes. the price is higher for Singaporean banknote and they still can negotiate if they buy Malaysian banknote.


The price can go up to RM6,000 for sought after number a pair. For everyone information, Its not solid number, just a pair of banknotes with same number. He said that one ringgit are the easiest to find due to so many of one ringgit in circulation. It is very hard to find Five ringgit polymer with the same number as other notes in his collection. From what I saw, no 5 ringgit polymer on sell by him that day.


I don't understand why people want to buy this same number notes? It isn't a solid number that is hard to find. But to me, if someone sell them, that most probably because someone collect them. If you're collector, you can contact Mr. Ng at his number 016-2863082. Uncle NG has shifted his sale place at The Mall Flea Market.

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Pasar Warisan Seremban

Its been a while I haven't post a story about flea market in here. Pasar Warisan Seremban or Some people prefer to called it pasar karat is conducted along Jalan Utam Singh, Seremban. It operates every weekend (Sunday) from 7.00 am to 5.00 pm. This flea market at Jalan Utam Singh has been opening since 1st May 2008. The previous Seremban flea market open at Jalan Lee Sam. This is my first hunting trip to this place after reading about it in Fazil Numismatic Blog.

I am not very familiar with Seremban and not much detail about this flea market in the Internet but I manage to find it after asking people around (near Seremban) for about one hour. The easiest ways to find this place are to look for Pasar Besar Seremban, Bank Simpanan Nasional or Maybank Seremban. If you're asking about Jalan Utam Singh or Pasar Karat, u most probably will be end up like me, received almost similar answer "tak tahu" (Don't know). Look like most people in Seremban don't know that this flea market even exist. Parking is not a big problem since not many people coming to this flea market. This market is under Seremban Municipal Council jurisdiction and Sunday is a free parking day.


This market are selling various items such as handicrafts, antiques, pottery, used computer, old books, flowers, bonsai, dry food, decorations, wall paintings and traditional herbs at reasonable prices. I can only spotted 5 people selling coins and banknotes at this place. Most of them is selling their item at a higher price. Some even higher then Kuala Lumpur market price. Only 2 person selling their items at a reasonable price and some nice items for people who hunting for collection like me. I manage to find, Terengganu old tin coin (its fake but I get them in a cheap price, will post the story later), 50 half dollar King Edward VII coin and 5 dollars King George Vi banknote sold for RM180. I don't manage to buy that green 5 dollars banknote because at the time when I spot it, the seller busy talking with other customer.


Other then that, most of item sell in this place are Malaysia coins & banknotes and some world coins. Some sellers do sell their item at a high price without any chance of bargaining. This flea market is not as good as Penang or Butterworth but still a worth place to visit for your hunting trip. Its just one and half hour drive from Kuala Lumpur. I will most probably making another trip to this place. Anyone of you have been to this pasar karat (Flea market) before?

Source: Seremban Municipal Council, Fazil Numismatic

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