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100 Dollars Mercantile Bank
| Issuer | Mercantile Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red on a light blue and white ground, dominated by a large central aerial-view vignette of the Hong Kong cityscape and harbour, rendered in fine intaglio line work. "MERCANTILE BANK LIMITED" is inscribed in red across the top centre, with Chinese characters 有利銀行 arranged vertically at right within a guilloche panel. Denomination numerals "100" and Chinese 圓佰壹 appear in the corner cartouches and at bottom centre, and the printer's imprint "THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED" is present at the foot of the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Mercantile Bank Limited was a Hong Kong-chartered institution with roots in the old Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China — absorbed into Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's orbit well before this note was issued. By 1974, the bank was already winding down its note-issuing activity, and this high-denomination piece represents one of the final years of that privilege. De La Rue's London facility produced the series to a quality standard that far outlasted the bank's ambitions in the territory.
The Mercantile ceased issuing currency entirely in 1974, making this among the last notes the bank ever put into circulation.