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100 Dollars
| Issuer | The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1904 |
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| Currency | Hong Kong Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and cream tones, with Chinese characters reading 香港上海滙豐銀行 arranged vertically at the top alongside the English bank title in a bold serif banner. A central vignette presents the bank's heraldic arms — a shield with a lion and globe flanked by a sailing vessel — set against a fine guilloche sunburst underprint. The denomination ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS is lettered in a prominent intaglio band, with the place and date of issue, HONG KONG and 1ST MAY 1904, flanking the central device, while the lower margin carries signature lines for CHIEF ACCT. and CHIEF MANAGER above the HONG KONG imprint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red on cream paper, dominated by a large central medallion containing an allegorical female figure seated beside a classical bust, resting her arm on an architectural ledger or plan, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The medallion is enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border, with four symmetrical lathe-work rosette panels occupying the corners. The bank's name is split across the top and bottom margins: THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI at the top, and BANKING CORPORATION at the foot, with Chinese characters and the denomination 100 repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION 100 壹百圓 百 |
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