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| Issuer | Mercantile Bank of India Limited |
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| Year | 1935-1941 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Brown border with dark blue intaglio central printing on multicolour guilloche underprint. A right-facing male bust vignette occupies the left field, flanked by denomination numerals and guilloche panels at centre, with a blank watermark window at right. Two manuscript signatures appear above the printer imprint at the bottom margin, with bilingual bank title and promise-to-pay text in English and Chinese. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 DOLLARS 香港有利银行 50 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here №. 58029 50 FIFTY DOLLARS OR THE EQUIVALENT IN THE CURRENCY OF THE ISLAND. VALUE RECEIVED. HONGKONG, 1st July, 1935. №. 58029 Entᵈ. ACCOUNTᵀ MANAGER 50 伍拾員 50 WATERLOW & SONS LD. LONDON WALL, LONDON. |
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| Variants | P#240a - 01.07.1935 2 serial # on back P#240b - 01.12.1937 4 serial # on back P#240c - 29.11.1941 2 serial # on back |
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