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| Issuer | Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Year | 1865 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress print on pale ground. The bank's heraldic coat of arms with two lion supporters occupies the upper centre, encircled by the legend INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Denomination panels reading $50 appear at upper left and right, with serial number fields flanking centre. Chinese character border runs along the top edge, and a guilloche underprint carries the word FIFTY across the lower half. |
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| Reverse description | Plain green print on unprinted paper. The bank's interlaced scripted monogram CBIAC is rendered in ornate copperplate lettering within an oval guilloche vignette at centre, set against a soft green cloud-like underprint ground. |
| Reverse lettering | CBIAC |
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