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500 Dollars The Chartered Bank
| Issuer | The Chartered Bank |
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| Year | 1962-1977 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited |
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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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| Variants | P#72a - 01.07.1961 P#72b - signature titles: "Accountant" & "Manager" not dated P#72c(1) - not dated signature titles: "Accountant" & "Chief Manager in Hong Kong" P#72c(2) - not dated signature titles: "Accountant" & "Chief Manager in Hong Kong" P#72d - 01.01.1977 |
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