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1 Million Dollars - Hong Kong's return to China
| Issuer | Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At right, a portrait vignette of Deng Xiaoping is set against a vignette of the Hong Kong skyline at left, which includes the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and the historic Clock Tower. A central guilloche underprint frames a red-and-white bauhinia flag motif, the whole composition serving as a commemorative issue marking the handover of Hong Kong to China on 1st July 1997. |
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| 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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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.