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Auction: CSS28 - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1810

Mercantile Bank Limited, $500, specimen, 26.5.1959, serial number 0000, blue and black on multicolour, vignette showing Mercury with a winged helmet at right, '500 DOLLARS' in the watermark area, black printed manuscript signatures at bottom, reverse blue and pale green, the pai fang of Confucius cemetery at centre,
(Pick 243s), PMG 55 About Uncirculated, only a small area of minor brown toning on the bottom right corner prevents this note from being awarded an 'EPQ' status. Very rare

Sold for
HK$220,000