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50 Dollars Standard Chartered Bank
| Issuer | Standard Chartered Bank |
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| Year | 1993-2002 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Signature(s) | David Cheng and E. Mervyn Davies |
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| Protection description | a lion's head visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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Standard Chartered's right to issue currency in Hong Kong dates to the colonial banking ordinances that grandfathered in note-issuing privileges for a small number of approved banks — a system that survived the 1997 handover intact, with the HKMA taking over the oversight role previously held by the British colonial administration. This series bridges that transition directly, beginning four years before handover and running well into SAR rule without design interruption.
Thomas De La Rue printed the full run in London. E. Mervyn Davies was Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered during his signatory period on this series.