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Auction: CSS100A - Chinese Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 10

China, Kui Hing Company, Canton, certificate of 15 shares, each share $100, Year 22 (1933), signed by Chen Han Zi (He was a prominant member of society originally from Taishan with his main base being in the US. He was known for bringing Hollywood movies with sound to China. In 1927, he opened the first cinema in Guangzhou. In total he opened 5 cinemas, and was later known as King of Cinema), with two revenue stamps at top margin. minor splits at margin, very fine. Kui Hing Company was established by a group of Chinese overseas who came back to China. The company operated many places of entertainment with one of them being cinemas. Interesting and rare


民國二十二年（1933年）廣州僑興公司股票證書，每股壹百元，共十五股，由總經理陳漢子、司庫葉崇濂（興中會成員）等親筆簽名。陳漢子為著名台山華僑，成功為廣州引進美國荷理活有聲電影，對當時廣州文化及娛樂有莫大的影響，因此有「廣州電影大王」之美譽，有趣及珍稀的一枚

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