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25 Dollars
| Emisor | Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Moneda | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
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| Tamaño | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Forma | Rectangular |
| Impresor | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Diseñador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Grabador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| En circulación hasta | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Referencia(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción del anverso | Light blue and green note with the issuer's title 'THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA' in bold letterpress across the upper register, centred on a royal coat of arms vignette, flanked by denomination panels reading '$25' at upper left and right. A cursive promise-to-pay clause in the body text reads 'Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here Twenty Five Dollars or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island value received', with 'HONGKONG' printed at lower centre. Chinese characters border the left, right, and lower margins as decorative and informational elements. |
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| Leyenda del anverso | THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER HONGKONG $25 Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here Twenty Five Dollars or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island value received BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS For'd Acct MANAGER |
| Descripción del reverso | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Leyenda del reverso | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Firma(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Tipo de protección | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
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The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was one of the great exchange banks of the British imperial world, operating under Royal Charter from 1853 and handling trade finance across routes that no domestic bank could touch. A 25-dollar denomination sits in an awkward commercial position — too large for retail, deliberately sized for specific mercantile settlements, likely in the Straits Settlements or Hong Kong trade corridors where such round figures had practical clearing utility.
Pick S127 falls within the private bank ("S" series) classification, meaning surviving examples are scarce relative to central-issue notes. Chartered Bank material from this period was not systematically preserved by any archive.