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5 Dollars Mercantile Bank
| Issuer | Mercantile Bank of India Limited |
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| Year | 1912-1941 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 伍員 The Mercantile Bank of India Limited Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here Five Dollars value received or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island By Order of the Board of Directors Hong Kong Five |
| Reverse description | Central portrait vignette of Mercury, the classical deity associated with commerce, rendered in intaglio and set within an elaborate guilloche border. The bank title 'The Mercantile Bank of India Limited' arcs around the central design, with the denomination 'Five Dollars' and Chinese characters repeated in the corner panels. |
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| Variants | P#235a - 01.03.1912 2 serial # on back P#235b - 01.05.1924 & 01.01.1930 2 serial # on back P#235c - 01.07.1936 & 01.12.1937 4 serial # on back P#235d - 29.11.1941 2 serial # on back |
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