50 Dollars Mercantile Bank

€383,837.00
IssuerHong Kong (China)
Year1935-1941
TypeStandard banknote
Value50 Dollars
CurrencyDollar (1863-date)
CompositionPaper
Size195 × 114 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#240
Obverse descriptionBrown border design and dark blue central printing on multicolour underprint. Right-facing bust of a man at left, denomination and guilloches at centre, watermark window at right. Two signatures and printer at bottom.
Reverse descriptionBrown design and border on multicolour underprint. Watermark window at left, hillside temple at centre, denomination in Chinese at right. Bank name in English at top, denomination in English and printer at bottom.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionMale bust facing left.
Obverse lettering50 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.
Reverse lettering50 50 №. 58029 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED 50 伍拾員 №. 58029 50 FIFTY DOLLARS 50 WATERLOW & SONS LD. LONDON WALL, LONDON.
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Catalog ID4814421900
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