Auction: CSS28 - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1669
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $100, a pair of black and white uniface obverse and reverse die proof, no date (1927-59), Justitia at left, arms top centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse with bank building at centre, angel above, red marks on both sides,
(Pick 176pp), trimmed to design, both graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (Previously Mounted, Annotations Lightened for obverse, Internal Tear and Ink for reverse ). Extremely rare and far more difficult to find than either the specimen or colour trial (1 pair).
Sold for
HK$19,000