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Auction: CSS69B - The Numismatic Collectors' Series sale
Lot: 1320

The Mercantile Bank of India, $50, 29.11.1941, serial number 88312, brown and multicolour, classical male bust at left, watermark of the same at right, '50' at each corner, printed manuscript signatures at lower left and right, reverse brown, pink and green, traditional Chinese house at centre,
(Pick 240c), PMG 25 Very Fine (Restoration). A scarcer date than the 1935 issue. Very rare, only 5000 printed and only 13 graded by PMG whilst the 1935 date had an issue of 40,000.


1941年有利銀行50元,編號88312,PMG 25,有修複,比1935年更稀有的版別

Estimate
HK$180,000 to HK$240,000

Starting price
HK$180000

Sale CSS69B Notices
Very rare, only 5000 printed whilst the 1935 date had an issue of 40,000. The PMG population report figure is a very low number of 14 notes. Only four notes graded higher than PMG 25, 2 in PMG 30 and 2 in PMG 35. Very seldomly offered.