1 Dollar HSBC

Issuer Hong Kong (China)
Year 1923-1925
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 1 Dollar (1 HKD)
Currency Dollar (1863-date)
Composition Paper
Size 131 × 95 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reference(s) P#171
Obverse description Blue with multicolor underprint. Bank name across top. Four denominations marked in corners of design, two in Arabic numerals and two in Traditional Chinese. Framed portrait of Britannia left.
Obverse lettering 壹 行銀豐匯海上港香 1 THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION HONG KONG, 1st January, 1923. PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY AT ITS OFFICE HERE, VALUE RECEIVED. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHIEF MANAGER CHIEF ACCT No. A531802 No. A531802 1 HONG KONG 壹 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO LD ENGRAVERS, NEW MALDEN SURREY, ENGLAND.
Reverse description Reverse purple. Four denominations. Goddess holding a Lyre seated at center.
Reverse lettering 1 1 壹 壹 圓 圓 1 ONE DOLLAR 1 港香 HONG KONG 港香
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 3704695870
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