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Auction: 9019 - Banknotes & Coins of South East Asia, Featuring the Bill Christensen Sarawak Collection of Banknotes & Coins
Lot: 85

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, $5, Penang, 2 January 1884, serial number 30833, black and white, value in blue underprint at centre, arms top centre, value top left and right, reverse black and white, value at left and right (PS 131, C.C.Chan p.56, Tan CM 7), manuscript ´Cancelled 29/6.04´ across face, almost fine and very rare, an attractive Perkins Bacon engraving Estimate S$ 10,000-15,000

Sold for
SG$9,000