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500 Dollars The Chartered Bank

Issuer The Chartered Bank
Year 1962-1977
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Shape Rectangular
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Obverse description Brown on multicolour underprint. The bank name is inscribed across the top, with denomination expressed in Arabic numerals and Traditional Chinese characters at each corner of the design. A coat of arms surrounded by intricate guilloche anti-counterfeiting patterns occupies the centre, flanked at left by a rectangular vignette of a male portrait and at right by an oval watermark window set within further guilloche work.
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Reverse description Brown with an elaborate patterned border. Four circular medallions across the top represent Britain, India, Australia, and China from left to right. A framed watermark window appears at left, beside a central vignette of two Chinese junk boats and a steamship set against a pier and mountainous background, with the bank name in a flying ribbon banner above. The denomination is expressed in Traditional Chinese characters, Arabic numerals, and word form across the bottom, with serial numbers repeated in each corner.
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