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Auction: CSS28 - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1789

Mercantile Bank Limited, $10, 1.7.1936, serial number 79640, red-brown on yellow and green underprint, sampan, houses and bridge near lakeside at centre, strong handsigned signature at bottom left, reverse green and black, Mercury with winged helmet at centre,
(Pick 236c), PMG 50 About Uncirculated, the highest grade in the PMG population report for this year of issue whilst the second highest is a very distant PMG 30. A fantastic note in this high grade.


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HK$60,000