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Auction: CSS57A - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 147

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


匯豐銀行50元最終試印樣鈔，上海地名，1923年版別，PMG 58，有印刷廠書寫及細孔，清楚顯示銀行確認此設計及保存作記錄之用，饒富趣味及充滿歷史意義的一枚，珍罕

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HK$26,000

Starting price
HK$18000