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Auction: CSS48 - CSS48 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1374

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $50, final proof, Shanghai, type of 1923, orange-red, and green, bank coat of arms upper centre, '50' at each corner, 'FIFTY' in underprint lower centre, handwritten 'APPROVED 13/12/23' in ink at upper right, reverse purple, Minerva with shield and spear,
(Pick S362p), PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (Printer's Annotation, Pinholes). This is a fascintaing archival piece showing that the design was approved by the Bank's officials and kept as a record in the printer's archives. A historically interesting note and sure to attract the attention of the discerning collector

Sold for
HK$24,000