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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1853 Promises 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 November, 1911. BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 香港 中國滙打銀行 印度新金山 伍員 |
| Reverse description | Printed in rich orange-brown with a green central vignette, the reverse is dominated by an oval engraved view of the bank's principal office building set amid palm trees. The building vignette is surrounded by an elaborate guilloche lattice pattern, with four circular medallion vignettes in the corners each enclosing small allegorical or scenic vignettes and the inscription FIVE DOLLARS. The bank's full title THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA arches across the top and bottom of the central oval. |
| Reverse lettering | THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA FIVE DOLLARS |
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