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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1927-1946 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Brown intaglio-printed reverse centred on a detailed architectural vignette of the HSBC Head Office building in Hong Kong, rendered in fine line engraving and surrounded by tropical palms. A winged allegorical figure is placed above the building at the top centre, flanked by guilloche panels bearing the denomination numeral 5 and Chinese characters 伍. The bank name THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION is split across the upper and lower registers in bold serif lettering. |
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| Signature(s) | 1927-1930 - M. Walls and A.C. Hynes 1931-1941 - Various Chief Accountant and Chief Manager combinations |
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Bradbury, Wilkinson's long relationship with HSBC produced a remarkably stable series — this note ran through nearly two decades of extraordinary disruption without a redesign. The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in December 1941 ended circulation abruptly; notes in the hands of the public at that point became worthless overnight, and the bank's own vaults were seized.
The signature combinations across this series are numerous enough to constitute a subspecialty. The 1927–1930 pairings of Walls and Hynes are among the more sought-after by date collectors, as the window is narrow.