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500 Dollars HSBC
| Issuer | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1935-1969 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀豐匯 海上港香 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION L058570 L058570 PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS 圓百伍 OR THE EQUIVALENT IN THE CURRENCY OF THE COLONY, VALUE RECEIVED HONG KONG 11TH FEBRUARY, 1968 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHIEF ACCOUNTANT CHIEF MANAGER 港香 HONGKONG 港香 |
| Reverse description | Printed in steel blue, the reverse is dominated by a central oval vignette of the HSBC head office building in Hong Kong set against a mountainous backdrop, surrounded by intricate guilloche lacework. To the left, a classical allegorical female bust in profile, wreathed in laurel, is rendered in fine intaglio. Denomination numerals 500 and Chinese characters 百伍 appear in ornamental cartouches at each corner, with the full bank name in a bold panel at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 百伍 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION 百伍 500 DOLLARS 百伍 |
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