Obverse brown. Bank name and two Arabic numerals on top. Coat of arms at left, denomination in word form slightly off centre in the middle. Watermark window at right, two hidden Chinese characters translating to `five hundred` within the watermark area.
Reverse description
Bank name across top. HSBC lion Stitt and Arabic numeral 500 at right, illustration of bank building at left.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Lion`s head, Arabic numeral 500
Obverse lettering
香港上海匯豐銀行
500 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 500
Promises to pay the bearer
on demand at its office here
Five Hundred
Dollars
or the equivalent in the currency
of the Colony value received
Hong Kong 31st March 1981.
By order of the Board of Directors
Q 494033 CHIEF ACCOUNTANT GENERAL MANAGER Q 494033
