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Auction: CSS45 - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 637

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, 5 hongping taels, proof, Tientsin, 19-, green and purple-pink, arms upper centre, value at each corner, reverse green, value and bank title, large margin at left, 'APPROVED 3/1/28' written in ink at upper left,
(Pick not listed, S/M #Y11), PMG 50 About Uncirculated. A most attractive W.W.Sprague engraving. This note is likely to be the proof which was approved by Bank's officials at the time and hence of great importance. Very rare

Sold for
HK$30,000