Auction: CSS126A - China, Hong Kong and World Banknotes and Coins Auction
Lot: 287
Mercantile Bank of India, Hong Kong, colour trial $10, 1.1.1930, no serial number, green (issued note in orange), reverse maroon (issued note in green), printed by Waterlow & Sons,
(Pick 236bcts), PMG 66EPQ. Generally all Mercantile specimens are rare, with colour trials being even harder to come by. In a striking bright green colour instead of the issued orange colour. This classic design colour trial sits at PMG census' SINGLE HIGHEST GRADE. A must have for any collectors who is a fan is this ever popular series.
Estimate
HK$280,000 to HK$380,000
Starting price
HK$280000