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Auction: CSS48 - CSS48 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 784

The HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $500, uniface obverse and reverse colour proof, undated but type of 1901 to 1907, red, bank coat of arms at centre, '500' at each corner, 'HONGKONG' within lower border, reverse green, allegorical maiden and cherubs at centre.

Although the designs for 1901 and 1904 are ultimately different, the top most layer of printing are the same.
(Pick 154p or 160p), the obverse graded PMG 50NET (Repaired) and the reverse 53NET (Tears, Previously Mounted). Exceedingly rare

Sold for
HK$130,000