Auction: CSS112A - CHINESE BANKNOTES AND COINS
                    
                    Lot: 12
                
                    
                        Tai Koo Tsing, Private Issue, China, 25 yuan, GuangXu Year 5 (1899), Chaichow / Swatow / Chieh-Yang, vertical format,
PCGS 10 very good. A very rare late Qing Dynasty note issued by the current day Swire Group. Established in 1816 in Liverpool (UK), then later began trading with China in 1861 and opening offices in HK in 1870 and later in Swatow in 1882.
                        
                        Tai Koo Tsing, Private Issue, China, 25 yuan, GuangXu Year 5 (1899), Chaichow / Swatow / Chieh-Yang, vertical format,
PCGS 10 very good. A very rare late Qing Dynasty note issued by the current day Swire Group. Established in 1816 in Liverpool (UK), then later began trading with China in 1861 and opening offices in HK in 1870 and later in Swatow in 1882.                    
                
                    
                        Estimate                    
                        
                        
                        HK$25,000 to HK$30,000                    
                    
                        
                            Starting price                        
                            
                            
                            HK$25000