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Auction: CSS73C - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5482

The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $50, pattern, no date but subtype of 1912, without serial numbers, 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 43Ar), PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated. Only two notes of this subtype graded by PMG, with the other note given the 43As status, presumably with the 'SPECIMEN' overprint. This note is without the overprint and therefore is unique in this form. 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 only note the cataloguer has seen so far. A most attractive note with strong and vivid colours.


1912年印度新金山中國渣打銀行$50樣票，無日期及編號，PMG 58，此子版別於PMG 記錄中僅有2枚，另一枚為43As版別，應有加蓋「樣票」字樣，本品無加蓋，因此更為珍罕，所有「大葫蘆」$50樣票都甚其難得，編者首次遇見本版別，顏色深潤明亮，不可多得之美品

Estimate
HK$320,000 to HK$500,000

Starting price
HK$280000