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500 Dollars
| Uitgever | Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Jaar | 1934-1952 |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS 500 Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here HONG KONG OR THE EQUIVALENT IN THE CURRENCY OF THE COLONY - VALUE RECEIVED By Order of the Court of Directors 印度産金新山中國渣打銀行 伍佰員 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is dominated by a detailed harbour vignette in brown and green tones, centred on a Chinese junk under full sail on calm waters with a coastal panorama in the background. Three circular medallions containing vignettes of local scenes are arranged along the upper register. A large oval cartouche at left remains unprinted, and the denomination '500' with Chinese legend appears in the lower corners, all set within an elaborate guilloche border of fine lathe-work. |
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The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China operated under a Royal Charter that permitted note issuance across its eastern branches, with Hong Kong being the primary circulation point for high-denomination notes like this one. A $500 note was no everyday instrument — at mid-century exchange rates, it represented a substantial commercial sum, moving between trading houses and larger mercantile accounts rather than through retail channels.
Waterlow & Sons produced the plate work to their usual high standard for colonial and imperial bank contracts. The 1934–1952 date span covers wartime interruption: Japanese occupation of Hong Kong from December 1941 halted legitimate circulation entirely, and notes of this series that survived the occupation did so outside normal banking hands.