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Auction: 13005 - Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates and Coins of China, Hong Kong and other territories
Lot: 1194

Qing Dynasty, Da Qing bao Chao, 500 cash, 6th Year of Xianfeng (1856), Sheng prefix, multiple chopmarks including a black ´changed to issued in Shangdong´ over a red Kirin chopmark top right, The red Shangdong chopmark is also replaced at top left, At low right the square chopmark states ´Yu Qian Official Currency Bureau´ with its address in Peking. During this period four other official currency bureaus also issued Qing notes and these were Yu Sheng, Yu Qing, Yu Heng and Yu Tai, the Yu Sheng is most commonly seen whilst the others are all scarce to extremely rare
(Pick A1d), very fine and extremely rare

Estimate
HK$50,000 to HK$60,000