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Auction: CSS41 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series sale
Lot: 546

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $50, specimen, 1.10.1927, serial number B000000 on obverse, control number range B000001 to B200000 on the reverse, green on multicolour, Communication on flying wheel at left, '50' at corners, printed manuscript signature at lower right, reverse similar colouors, the old HSBC building at centre,
(Pick 175s), PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated. A very rare 'control number' specimen showing the very first number range for this type.

Sold for
HK$40,000