Design brown with multicolour underprint. Bank name and two Arabic numerals 500 across top. Coat of arms to the left and watermark window at right. Denomination in Traditional Chinese written on bottom right, in vertical form.
Reverse description
HSBC headquarters and lions Stephen and Stitt at centre against circular frame. Four denominations across top, two in Arabic numerals and two in Traditional Chinese. Bank name and two denominations in Arabic numerals across bottom.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Lion`s head
Obverse lettering
500 香港上海匯豐銀行 500
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Promises to pay the bearer
on demand at its Office here
FIVE
HUNDRED
DOLLARS
HONGKONG 1st JANUARY 1987
By order of the Board of Directors
AC460461 GENERAL MANAGER AC460461
THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED
Reverse lettering
500 伍佰 伍佰 500
500 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 500