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Auction: 11003 - Banknotes & Coins of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 537

The Oriental Bank Corporation, $5, Hong Kong, 7 March 1879, serial number H 64753, black and white, royal arms flanked by a lion and a unicorn at top centre, value in oval tablet top left and right, bank title and value in central panel, printed date 1866 cancelled and handstamp date 1879 in blue at right, two manuscript signatures below, reverse black and white, ornate spirographic circles at centre, (Ma B1, Pick 267b), a pleasing example very good to fine, and of the highest rarity, Estimate HK$ 250,000-300,000

Sold for
HK$720,000