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5 Dollars HSBC
| Issuer | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1927-1938 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 HKD) |
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| Reverse lettering | _________ __________ 5 伍 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI 5 DOLLARS 伍 BANKING CORPORATION5 _______ ________ |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this series for HSBC across more than a decade, a span that brackets the 1931 collapse of the silver standard in China and the subsequent managed float of the Hong Kong dollar. The bank had long acted as a de facto central bank in the colony, and five-dollar notes circulated heavily in daily commerce — wear patterns on surviving examples often reflect that.
The watermark was the primary security feature throughout; no serial letter or signature variety dramatically alters collector interest, though date ranges within the P#173B classification are worth examining closely.