Auction: CSS45 - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2509
The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $10 raised to $100 on a genuine note dated 1.8.1918, serial number N/B 214665, the '$10' and the Chinese character 'Shi' raised to '$100' and 'Yi Bai' (One Hundred), the English word 'Ten' changed to 'One Hundred' at the centre, overstamped 'CANCELLED' four times on both sides of the note, and punch cancelled at lower left and right,
(Pick 42 for type), good fine with centre hole and brush pen annotations. The base note is in decent condition for type. Rare and unusual
Sold for
HK$20,000