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5 Dollars The Chartered Bank
| Issuer | The Chartered Bank |
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| Year | 1970-1975 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of the bank's multi-storey headquarters building occupies the left portion of the note, set against a fine guilloche underprint in violet-brown tones. The bank's heraldic crest, rendered in full colour with two rampant lions as supporters, is positioned at centre. The upper border carries the bilingual bank title 'THE CHARTERED BANK / 渣打銀行' flanked by corner numerals '5', with the promise-to-pay text and denomination 'FIVE DOLLARS / HONG KONG' inscribed below the crest. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 THE CHARTERED BANK 行銀打渣 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1853 伍 伍 FIVE DOLLARS 5 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED. |
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The Chartered Bank was absorbed into Standard Chartered in 1969, the product of a merger with the Standard Bank of South Africa. These notes, issued under the old Chartered Bank name, were a transitional holdover — the Hong Kong branch continued issuing under the legacy name while the parent organization completed its rebranding. De La Rue's London printings for Hong Kong colonial circulation were a long-standing arrangement, with the watermark serving as the primary security measure in an era when the territory's note issuance remained tightly controlled under the Exchange Fund framework.