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| Issuer | Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Year | 1934-1956 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green and brown multicolour note with a central intaglio vignette of Britannia seated with a lion, enclosed in an oval guilloche frame. The bank title THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA arcs across the upper portion, with the denomination 100 rendered in large numerals at left and right. Chinese characters appear in the upper corners and along the borders, with the place of issue HONG KONG and promise-to-pay text completing the design. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse carries a detailed architectural vignette of a grand colonial building with a domed roof, set within an expansive plaza with figures and a monument in the foreground and distant hills beyond. Four serial number panels appear at each corner, flanked on the right by a vertical row of five circular medallions containing symbolic vignettes. A large decorative blank cartouche occupies the left side, and Chinese characters for the denomination are placed at the lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS 壹佰 |
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