Catalog
5 Dollars
| Issuer | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red, the reverse centres on a large oval guilloche vignette enclosing the corporation's coat of arms, surrounded by intricate lathe-work scrollwork. The bank's name arcs above and below the central design, with the numeral 5 appearing in the upper corners. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION |
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| Comments |
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's 1890s dollar notes were printed by Metchim & Son, a London trade printer with a modest profile compared to the major security firms of the period — unusual for a bank of HSBC's regional weight, which had previously used more established engravers. Whether this reflects a cost decision or a supply arrangement is not documented in the bank's surviving correspondence from that decade.
Notes from this series are rare in any grade. HSBC maintained branches across a network of treaty ports where humidity and heavy daily use destroyed paper quickly.