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Auction: 13005 - Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates and Coins of China, Hong Kong and other territories
Lot: 1535

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, specimen $100, 1 January 1906, no serial numbers, red and pale blue, a vignette of Chinese Tea manufacture at left and right, arms top left, value at centre and at each corner, printed signature of J.R.M.Smith low right, reverse red, bank head office at centre, value at each corner
(Ma H 30s var., HK Museum 240 var., Cribb 2.46), A Waterlow engraving. This date unlisted by either Ma or the Hong Kong Museum, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and a very rare early date for type

Sold for
HK$105,000