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1000 Dollars Standard Chartered Bank
| Issuer | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited |
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| Year | 2018-2020 |
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| Value | 1000 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in orange, red, and green tones, with a panoramic vignette of Victoria Harbour at centre, incorporating the iconic Star Ferry vessel against a skyline of Hong Kong buildings, the entire scene overlaid with a binary-digit underprint that evokes the city's digital modernity. Guilloche patterning and geometric underprint elements fill the background field, with the bank's name and denomination repeated in bilingual inscriptions. The copyright notice and issuer name appear along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | © 2018 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED 1000 Standard Chartered Bank (HONG KONG) LIMITED 渣打銀行（香港）有限公司 |
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Standard Chartered's right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong derives from an arrangement dating to the colonial period, continued under the Basic Law after 1997 — one of the few jurisdictions where commercial banks retain note-issuing authority into the present day. The bank issues against certificates of indebtedness held with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, meaning every note in circulation is fully backed by US dollar reserves at the linked rate of HK$7.80.
G+D's Leipzig facility has printed for Standard Chartered Hong Kong across multiple series. At HK$1,000, this is the highest denomination in the series and sees relatively light day-to-day handling — bulk cash transactions at this level typically move through interbank clearing rather than retail circulation.