5 Dollars

Issuer	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Year	1893
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Shape	Rectangular
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Obverse description	Blue letterpress print on red underprint with black serial numbers at upper left and right. The bank's coat of arms appears as a central vignette, flanked by ornate guilloche panels bearing the denomination $5. Chinese characters run along the upper and lower margins, with the place name PENANG printed in large block letters as an underprint across the centre.
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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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