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Auction: CSS57B - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1189

The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $50, pattern, no date but subtype of 1912, without serial numbers, printed signature of Dickson, brown, black and blue, vignette showing agricultural activities at centre, '50' at corners, reverse green and black, bank building at centre, hole punch cancellations,
(Pick 43As), PMG 53 About Uncirculated. One of only two notes of this subtype graded by PMG and this one with the red 'SPECIMEN' overprint whilst a similar note that was sold by Spink China in January 2020 did not have the overprint. This note is therefore unique. All specimens of the 'Big Gourd' $50 (so called because of the gourd like patterns at lower left and right) are rare and this is the second note the cataloguer has seen so far. A most attractive note with strong and vivid colours. Of the highest rarity


1912年印度新金山中國渣打銀行50元試印樣鈔，無編號，有紅色「SPECIMEN」字樣，PMG 53，此版別僅有2枚經PMG評級，另一枚曾於斯賓克2020年1月拍賣會亮相的則沒有紅色「SPECIMEN」字樣，足見本拍品十分珍罕，「大葫蘆」樣票十分稀有，此鈔乃編者所遇的第二枚，顏色明亮，不容錯失

Sold for
HK$260,000

Starting price
HK$200000