Catalog
1 Million Dollars - Hong Kong's return to China
| Issuer | Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 1 Million Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | 壹佰萬圓 人人百萬富翁 ONE MILLION Non-negotiable 紀念鈔票非流通貨幣 回归祖国 普天同庆 © Moneyworld Asia Pte Ltd. 1997 Chairman Hong Kong Millionaires' Club Secretary of Money World Treasury 1st July 1997 一国两制 港人治港 PRINTED BY DESDEN SECURITY PRINTING LTD. |
| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a vignette of the Tsing Ma suspension bridge at right, with the control tower of the new Chek Lap Kok international airport rendered in the background. Two Chinese white dolphins occupy the lower register in the foreground, while a red-and-white bauhinia flag vignette forms the dominant compositional element of the design. |
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| Comments |
This is a novelty or souvenir item, not a legal tender banknote. Hong Kong has never issued a denomination of one million dollars, and "Desden Security Printing Ltd." does not appear in any verified registry of licensed security printers. The 1997 handover generated a significant volume of commemorative fantasy notes targeting the collector market, most printed to low security standards with no monetary authority behind them.
Catalog it as ephemera, not currency.