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| Issuer | The Chartered Bank |
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| Year | 1970-1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853 50 THE CHARTERED BANK Promises to pay on demand at its the bearer office here FIFTY DOLLARS Or the equivalent in the Currency of the Colony Value Received HONG KONG By Order of the Court of Directors Accountant Manager |
| Reverse description | A full-width panoramic vignette presents a sweeping view of Hong Kong Island and Victoria Harbour, with Ocean Terminal at centre, rendered in finely detailed intaglio. The denomination numeral '50' appears at each lateral margin, with Chinese characters for fifty printed symmetrically in the corresponding panels. The printer's imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 THE CHARTERED BANK 拾伍 拾伍 FIFTY DOLLARS 50 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED (Translation: Fifty) |
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