5 Dollars

Issuer	Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
Year	1874
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Obverse description	Black letterpress print on plain paper. The bank's heraldic coat of arms vignette occupies upper centre, flanked by ornate guilloche oval cartouches bearing the denomination $5 at left and right. Chinese script characters appear in the top and bottom border panels. The promise-to-pay text and issuer name are set in copperplate script.
Obverse lettering	$5 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER SINGAPORE 1st January 1874 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its OFFICE here FIVE DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island. Value received. BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS Entd. Acct. MANAGER
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Reverse lettering	CBIAC
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