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| 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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| Obverse lettering | 行銀打渣 佰伍 Z/Q 204597 Z/Q 204597 500 THE CHARTERED BANK HONGKONG 1ST JANUARY 1977 Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1853 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR THE EQUIVALENT IN THE CURRENCY OF THE COLONY. - VALUE RECEIVED. HONGKONG BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS 500 Ent.d 500 員佰伍 ACCOUNTANT CHIEF MANAGER IN HONG KONG 佰伍 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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