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20 Dollars Standard Chartered Bank
| Issuer | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Optically variable device, Watermark |
| Protection description | Vertical windowed security thread embedded in the paper; optically variable leaf-shaped device at upper right enclosing the numeral '20', shifting colour under different angles; electrotype watermark of the numeral '20' visible against the light at the right of the note. |
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Standard Chartered's right to issue Hong Kong banknotes derives from an arrangement that has persisted since the colonial period, making it one of three commercial banks still legally authorised to put currency into circulation in the territory — an anomaly almost nowhere else in the world. The 2018 series marked a design refresh for the bank's Hong Kong issues, with G+D Leipzig handling the production as they had for previous runs.
Cotton substrate rather than polymer is a deliberate choice for this denomination, though Hong Kong's high humidity and circulation intensity mean cotton-paper notes in lower denominations typically show wear faster than their regional counterparts.