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Auction: 14010 - Fine Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1134

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, specimen $100, 18- (ca 1882), serial number 22001-27000, black and white, value in a pink central panel, the Chalon portrait of Queen Victoria at left, Royal arms at right, value top centre and at each corner, reverse green and pink, medallic female head at left and right, value at left and right
(Pick 146, Ma unlisted, Cribb 'Money in the Bank' 2.37), perforated SPECIMEN B.W.&Co.LONDON, pencil annotation 'Dec 9/82 in top left field.a truly splendid note and a different colour to the note illustrated in Cribb. The portrait identical to the Foochow (Fuzhou) $1 of the same period (see lot 34 in this catalogue). in PCGS holder 63, choice new, PPQ, of the greatest rarity and a classic Hong Kong note

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Estimate
HK$150,000 to HK$200,000