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Auction: CSS41 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series sale
Lot: 441

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $10, specimen, 1.10.1927, serial number D000000 on obverse, control number range D000001 to D500000 on the reverse, green on light pink and multicolour, Ceres at upper left, '10' at corners, printed manuscript signature at lower right, reverse similar colouors, the old HSBC building at centre,
(Pick 174s), PMG 30 Very Fine. Unusual as a VF specimen, it was quite possibly used in the production department and became handled there. A very rare 'control number' specimen showing the very first number range for this type.

Sold for
HK$7,500