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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 印度新金山中國圓匯理銀行 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER $10 No. 5451 HONGKONG THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here TEN DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island, Value received. BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS. 香港 貝拾 HONG KONG 貝拾 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in rose-red and carries a large central guilloche medallion bearing the numeral "10" within a circular band inscribed "CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA"; the medallion is surrounded by an elaborate engine-turned lathe-work pattern of interlocking rosettes and lozenge ornaments that fill the entire field. A small floral rosette ornament appears at the centre left, and Chinese manuscript annotations are visible at upper left and right margins. |
| Reverse lettering | CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA 10 |
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