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Auction: CSS123B - China Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 1003

(x) China, Private Issue, Heng Li, "fan" 50 dollars, XianFeng Year 2 (1852), with ink writing and chops, fine. This is one the earliest banknote issue in Fukien, note the used of "fan" which described foreign silver dollars like Mexican 8 reales. A large amount of money for back in 1852. Rare and interesting


咸豐貳年亨利番伍拾員，福建，有墨書寫和蓋章，F品相。這是福建最早發行的紙幣之一，「番」字的指的是像墨西哥8裡亞爾這樣的外國貿易銀元。在1852年，這是一筆巨款。罕見且有趣。

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