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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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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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| Obverse lettering | $5 PENANG THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at its office here FIVE DOLLARS Local Currency for Value received. By Order of the Board of Directors |
| 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. |
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