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Information:
| Rarity | A - Very Common |
| Date | Variety | Iss. | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC |
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| 1978-Mar-31 | + | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reference | P#189 |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Period | Dollar (1863-date) |
| Issuing bank | The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) |
| Currency | Dollars |
| Denomination | 500 Dollars |
| Type | Circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1978-1983 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Paper |
| Demonetized | No |
| Size (WxH) | 166x94 mm |
Obverse:
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Obverse text香港上海匯豐銀行
500 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 500
Promises to pay the bearer
on demand at its office here
Five Hundred
Dollars
or the equivalent in the currency
of the Colony value received
Hong Kong 31st March 1981.
By order of the Board of Directors
W 973242 CHIEF ACCOUNTANT GENERAL MANAGER W 973242
Obverse symbolBank name and two Arabic numerals on top. Coat of arms at left, denomination in word form slightly off centre in the middle. Blank space for the watermark at right, two hidden Chinese characters translating to "five hundred" within the watermark area.
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Reverse:
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Reverse textThe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
500
Reverse symbolBank name across top. HSBC lion Stitt and Arabic numeral 500 at right, illustration of bank building at left. Paper margins lined with anti-counterfeit patterns.
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Varieties:
| Date | Variety | Iss. | Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||
| 1978-Mar-31 | 1978-Mar-31 | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1980-Mar-31 | 1980-Mar-31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1981-Mar-31 | 1981-Mar-31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1983-Mar-31 | 1983-Mar-31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||