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Auction: 12006 - Banknotes of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 94

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 1 Mexican dollar, Shanghai, 1 September 1884, serial number 1739, blue and white, arms top centre, value in blue tablet at centre and at each corner, two manuscript signatures of Hillier (later manager of the bank´s Peking branch) and Nicholson below, SHANGHAI in border low centre, reverse red, arms at centre, value at left and right (PS 366, Cribb 5.4), first date of issue for type, a bold and original very fine, an attractive Barclay and Fry engraving, and extremely rare, a lovely note Estimate HK$ 150,000-200,000

Sold for
HK$160,000