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| Issuer | Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1845-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and pink letterpress print on plain paper, with a guilloche border incorporating Chinese, Jawi, and Tamil script panels at top and sides. The Royal Charter coat of arms is engraved at upper centre, flanked by two $50 denomination panels. A large pink FIFTY underprint spans the centre, overlaid by the bank's promise-to-pay text in copperplate script. |
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| Obverse lettering | $50 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER PENANG THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its OFFICE here Fifty Dollars in Local Currency for Value received. BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS SPECIMEN |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 FIFTY THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA SPECIMEN |
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