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1.000 Hongkong Dollars
| Issuer | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited |
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| Year | 1993-1999 |
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| Value | 1.000 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司 Promises to pay the bearer on demand at its Office here ONE THOUSAND HONGKONG DOLLARS 港幣壹仟元 憑票即付 承董事會命 By order of the Board of Directors EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 執行董事 HONGKONG 香港 |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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HSBC's self-printed HK$1,000 notes from this period occupy an unusual position in colonial and transitional monetary history. The bank retained its right to issue currency under Hong Kong's three-bank note-issuing system — alongside Standard Chartered and the Bank of China — through and beyond the 1997 handover, meaning notes from this series span both Crown Colony and Special Administrative Region status without any fundamental change in issuing authority.
The HK$1,000 denomination attracted persistent counterfeiting pressure throughout the 1990s, which drove incremental security upgrades within the series run. Collectors should verify thread specification, as early and late issues within the 1993–1999 window differ.