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500 Dollars HSBC
| Issuer | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1927-1930 |
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| Size | 201 × 123 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in grey-violet on a multicolour guilloche underprint, the obverse is dominated by a central vignette of a seated classical female figure to the right, rendered in fine intaglio engraving, accompanied by a large oval watermark space to the left. The bank's bilingual title in English and Chinese characters runs across the top, flanked by the denomination numeral '500' in each corner with corresponding Chinese characters 伍百圓. The promise-to-pay text, date 'HONGKONG 1ST OCTOBER, 1927', and two manuscript signatures above the printed titles of Chief Accountant and Chief Manager appear in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀豐匯海上港香 THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Promises to pay the Bearer on demand at its office here 伍百圓 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS 伍百圓 or the equivalent in the Currency of the Colony Value received. HONG KONG 1st October 1927 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHIEF ACCOUNTANT CHIEF MANAGER 港香 HONGKONG 港香 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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