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5 Dollars HSBC
| Issuer | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1959-1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The centre of the note bears the colonial coat of arms set against a radiating sunburst guilloche underprint. To the right, a seated allegorical female figure is positioned beside a seascape vignette, while the left field is reserved for the watermark area. Bilingual text panels carry the issuing bank's name in English and Chinese, the promise-to-pay clause, and a printed date. |
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| Obverse lettering | 香港上海匯豐銀行 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Promises to pay No. ______ No. ______ 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 31ST MARCH, 1975. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 香港 HONG KONG BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 伍 DOLLARS THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION |
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