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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1893-1898 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 香港上海滙豐銀行 $10 $10 .No 172911 .No 172911 HONG KONG THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Promises to pay the Bearer on demand at its Office here TEN DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the British value received. By Order of the Board of Directors. Chief Acc. Chief Manager HONG KONG 拾圓 拾圓 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red on plain paper, dominated by a large central vignette of the Corporation's heraldic arms surmounted by scrollwork and flanked by two oval panels each bearing the numeral '10'. Elaborate guilloche scrolls and floral rosettes radiate outward from the central motif, with the full corporate title 'THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION' arranged in banner ribbons encircling the composition. Chinese manuscript annotations and handstamps appear on the margins, consistent with bank cancellation marks applied upon redemption. |
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The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation operated as a note-issuing bank in Hong Kong under colonial charter, and by the 1890s its notes circulated far beyond the colony — across treaty ports, through Shanghai counting houses, and into the hands of merchants who trusted the bank's paper more readily than government issues. This series predates the bank's shift to more standardized printed formats and retains a distinctly hand-finished quality in its issue details.
Dates within the 1893–1898 window were entered in manuscript at the time of signing, making each example effectively unique in its completed state. The signing officer's signature likewise varied across the run, and attributing specific signatories to narrow date ranges remains unresolved in the literature.