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Auction: 14010 - Fine Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 802

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $5, Hong Kong, 1 January 1879, serial number F/S 30144, blue and white, value in mauve central panel, Royal Arms top centre, value in oval frame top left and right, two manuscript signatures below, HONG KONG in margin low centre, reverse a green central panel, value at centre, bank title around
(Pick 21b, Ma S1), in PCGS holder 8, (apparent) very good, anotation on reverse. A perfectly presentable example and of the highest vrarity. A very early date, Ma illustrates a specimen, no illustration in Pick. An important discovery and quite possibly the only note of this type extant. Important

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HK$420,000