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5 Dollars HSBC
| Issuer | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1954-1959 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple on a multicolour guilloche underprint, the obverse is dominated by the bank's intaglio-engraved armorial vignette at centre, surmounted by the full title inscription and Chinese characters. To the left, a large oval watermark space is framed by fine lathe-work; to the right, a classical seated female allegorical figure is rendered in detailed intaglio. The denomination 'FIVE DOLLARS' appears in a bold central panel, with Chinese numeral characters 伍圓 repeated at all four corners, two manuscript facsimile signatures of the Chief Accountant and Chief Manager, and the issue date and place at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀豐匯海上港香 THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Promises to pay the Bearer on demand at its office here 伍 圓 FIVE DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the Colony Value received. HONG KONG 7th AUGUST 1958. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHIEF ACCOUNTANT CHIEF MANAGER 港香 HONGKONG 港香 |
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| Reverse lettering | THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION 5 DOLLARS BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LTD. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND. |
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