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Auction: 16011 - Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1203

The HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, archival photographic proofs for $5 and $10, uniface obverse and reverse pairs, c.1972, unissued types, bank crest at right, '5' and '10' in Chinese characters at left, the reverse shows the HSBC building and two lions, these two notes were intended to replace the 'maiden' series which were used (albeit with size changes) from 1927. For reasons unknown, this was not done and the 'maiden' series were used until 1975 and 1983. Only the $100 was replaced by this design in 1972,
mounted on card, (2 pairs), a unique and interesting for research

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000