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Auction: 14010 - Fine Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 825

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $50 Hong Kong, July 1919, black serial number O/C 116350, red-brown and pale green, black title in curve top centre, Royal arms and value top centre, pastorial scene with scenes of rice harvesting at centre, value in Chinese top left and low left, value in English top right and low right value in bottom underprint at left and right. Manuscript signature low left and printed signature low right, reverse green and brown, bank office in centre, value and arms at left and right
(Pick 43 for type, Ma S23) this date unrecorded in Pick and Ma. Annotation on reverse and ink letter on obverse at left and right. In PCGS holder 12, fine with annotations. An original and fresh example, the paper retaining some strength. A most attractive note and an extremely rare type, this example probably the only example extant dated 1919. Exceptional

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HK$190,000