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100 Dollars Standard Chartered Bank
| Issuer | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited |
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| Year | 2018-2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited bilingual title in English and Chinese (渣打銀行（香港）有限公司) across the upper field, with the denomination '100' rendered in large numerals. The central vignette is set against a multicolour guilloche underprint, and the note bears the full promise-to-pay legend together with the dual-signature titles of the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive. The issue date '1 JANUARY 2018' and place of issue 'HONG KONG' appear in both scripts at the lower portion of the face. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is devoted to a richly coloured vignette of Cantonese opera performers in traditional stage costume and makeup, evoking the heritage of Hong Kong's performing arts. The composition celebrates classical Cantonese opera as a theme of traditional Chinese and Hong Kong culture. The denomination '100' and the bank's bilingual name are incorporated into the design alongside the copyright notice. |
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Standard Chartered's Hong Kong dollar notes occupy an odd position in modern currency — issued by a private commercial bank under the oversight of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, with the issuing bank itself liable for the notes in circulation. That arrangement, rooted in Hong Kong's colonial-era three-bank issuing system, has survived every handover negotiation intact. Standard Chartered holds the smallest share of Hong Kong's private banknote circulation, well behind HSBC and the Bank of China.
Giesecke+Devrient have printed for Standard Chartered's Hong Kong series for decades. For a note of this value, a watermark-only security specification is notably lean by contemporary standards.