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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1906 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in olive-green on cream paper, the obverse carries the bank's name in large serif letters across the upper centre, with the Chinese characters 香港上海滙豐銀行 running along the top border. A heraldic vignette with the bank's coat of arms is centred below the title, flanked by two serial number panels. To the lower left, an intaglio vignette presents a street scene of colonial Hong Kong with a traditional gate, while to the lower right a sailing junk is rendered in fine line engraving. The promise-to-pay text, denomination in words, date, and two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 香港上海滙豐銀行 HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at its Office here FIVE DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the Colony. VALUE RECEIVED. HONGKONG, 1st January, 1909. By Order of the Board of Directors. SUB-ACCOUNTANT CHIEF MANAGER FIVE 5 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a two-colour scheme of orange-red and olive-green. A large central vignette, executed in detailed intaglio, presents the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation's principal office building, a grand domed neo-classical structure surrounded by palm trees and street figures. The vignette is set within an elaborate orange guilloche border with foliate scrollwork filling the four corners, and the numeral 5 appears in the upper corners. The bank's full English name is inscribed in a panel at the bottom centre. |
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