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1 Dollar HSBC
| Issuer | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1904-1913 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Grey-green note with multicolour underprint, with the full bank name inscribed across the top margin. An allegorical vignette of Britannia in a framed surround occupies the left portion of the design, balanced by a ship vignette at the lower right. The central text panel carries the promise-to-pay inscription, issue date, and two authorising signatures, with the numeral denomination repeated in all four corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION HONG KONG, 1st June, [YEAR]. PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY AT ITS OFFICE HERE, VALUE RECEIVED. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHIEF MANAGER CHIEF ACCT HONG KONG 壹 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO LD ENGRAVERS |
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| Variants | P#155a - 01.01.1904 & 01.05.1906 1 printed and 1 handwritten P#155b - 01.07.1913 2 printed |
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