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50 Dollars Standard Chartered Bank
| Issuer | Standard Chartered Bank |
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| Year | 1985-1992 |
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| Size | 148 × 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | To the right, a bold vignette of a Chinese guardian lion (Foo Dog) is rendered in intaglio, the figure clutching a pearl in a dynamic pose. At left, the bank's name appears in English and Chinese alongside the promise-to-pay clause, the denomination in both English ('Fifty Dollars') and Chinese ('伍拾圓'), and the issue date; a vertical '50' numeral is integrated into a decorative column at the far left edge. The background is worked with intricate guilloche underprint patterns. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Standard Chartered's Hong Kong dollar issues of this period occupy an odd position in the territory's currency history. The bank held one of three commercial note-issuing licenses alongside HSBC and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China — a right inherited through colonial-era banking arrangements that survived well past decolonization and remains in force today. The 1985 series marked a significant design refresh for the bank following the 1987 merger that formally consolidated Standard Bank and Chartered Bank's Hong Kong operations under a single issuing identity.
De La Rue produced the series in London throughout the issue period, with the notes backed by certificates of indebtedness purchased from the Hong Kong government — the structural mechanism that replaced direct Exchange Fund backing after 1972.