HSBC
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Information:
| Rarity | B - Uncommon |
| Date | Variety | Iss. | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC |
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| 1960-Jun-29 | + | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reference | P#181 |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Period | Dollar (1863-date) |
| Issuing bank | The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) |
| Currency | Dollars |
| Denomination | 5 Dollars |
| Type | Circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1959-1975 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Paper |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Size (WxH) | 142x79 mm |
Obverse:
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Obverse text香港上海匯豐銀行
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Promises to pay
No. ______ No. ______
the Bearer on demand at its Office here
伍圓
FIVE DOLLARS
or the equivalent in the Currency
of the Colony, Value received.
HONG KONG 31ST MARCH, 1975.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
香港
HONG KONG
BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.
Obverse symbolA coat of arms in the centre surrounded by rays, a blank field on the left for the watermark and a lady sitting on the right beside the sea. See comments.
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Reverse:
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Reverse text5 伍
DOLLARS
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION
Reverse symbolAn angel blowing a trumpet at the top centre and the original HSBC building in the centre.
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Varieties:
| Date | Variety | Iss. | Value | ||||||
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| VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||
| 1959 | P#181s; Specimen. | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1959-May-02 | P#181a; Signature titles: CHIEF ACCOUNTANT and CHIEF MANAGER. | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1960-Feb-12 | P#181a | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1960-Jun-29 | 1960-Jun-29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1963-May-01 | P#181b; key date | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1964-May-01 | P#181c | - | $3,30 | $7,40 | - | - | - | ||
| 1965-Feb-01 | P#181c | - | $3,00 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1967-Jul-31 | P#181c; | - | - | $3,10 | - | - | $27,00 | ||
| 1968-Mar-20 | P#181c | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1969-Mar-27 | P#181c | - | - | - | - | - | $14,00 | ||
| 1970-Apr-01 | P#181d; Signature titles: CHIEF ACCOUNTANT and GENERAL MANAGER. | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1971-Mar-18 | P#181d | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1972-Mar-13 | 1972-Mar-13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1972-Oct-31 | P#181e | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1973-Oct-31 | P#181f; Small serial #. | - | - | $1,40 | $6,50 | $8,50 | $9,50 | ||
| 1975-Mar-31 | P#181f; Small serial #. | - | - | $3,60 | $6,10 | $7,10 | $12,00 | ||