Hong Kong 100 Dollars, 1972-1976 P-185

香港上海匯豐銀行 100 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 100 Promises to pay the bearer on demand at its office here One Hundred Dollars or the equivalent in the currency of the Colony value received Hong Kong 31st October 1972 By order of the Board of Directors 504899 WB CHIEF ACCOUNTANT GENERAL MANAGER 504899 WB

Bank name and two denominations written in Arabic numerals across top of design. Royal coat of arms at left, blank space on right for watermark, with denomination written faintly in Traditional Chinese. Serial numbers on bottom left and bottom right.

504899 WB 504899 WB 100 壹佰 壹佰 100 100 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 100 504899 WB 504899 WB

Four denominations marked across top, two in Arabic numerals and two in Traditional Chinese. Design split into three arches. Old HSBC headquarters under central arch, octagonal window with dragon and patterns under right arch, blank octagonal window for watermark under left arch. HSBC lions Stephen and Stitt, and two denominations written in Arabic numerals on bottom left and bottom right. Bank name across the bottom.