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20 Dollars Standard Chartered Bank
| Issuer | Standard Chartered Bank |
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| Year | 1993-2002 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company |
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| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio vignette of the mythological dragon-headed tortoise (龍龜) is rendered against a multicolour guilloche underprint of pink and orange wave patterns. The denomination numeral '20' appears at the far left margin alongside a circular decorative medallion with scrollwork, while the centre carries the bank's promise-to-pay text in English and Chinese characters (香港渣打銀行), with two manuscript signatures below. A date and place of issue appear at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | At left, an intaglio vignette of the Standard Chartered Bank headquarters building in Hong Kong is accompanied by the denomination numeral '20' below and Chinese characters 貳拾圓 to the upper left. A large Bauhinia flower vignette is set within a concentric guilloche rosette at centre, with the bank name in English on a dark panel beneath. A colourful circular decorative medallion and the denomination repeated in multicolour Chinese characters appear at the right margin. |
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| Variants | P#285a - 01.01.1993 P#285b - 01.01.1994, 01.01.1995, 01.01.1996, 01.01.1997 & 01.07.1997 P#285c - 01.01.1998, 01.01.1999, 01.01.2000 & 01.01.2001 P#285d - 01.01.2002 |
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