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1.000 Hongkong Dollars
| Issuer | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | P#206 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by two large bronze lion statues in reclining posture, flanking a central guilloche panel with a tall modern skyscraper vignette in the background. To the upper right, a neoclassical domed building — the former Legislative Council Building — is rendered in fine intaglio engraving. Decorative geometric and floral border patterns in orange and red tones frame the composition, with the denomination '1000' repeated at the upper left and right corners. |
| Reverse lettering | 香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1000 壹仟 |
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The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation is one of three note-issuing banks licensed to print legal tender for Hong Kong — an arrangement that survived the 1997 handover intact, despite considerable speculation beforehand that Beijing would consolidate issuance under the Bank of China. The 2000 series continued HSBC's unbroken issuing run, which dates to 1865.
At this denomination, the note was rarely used in everyday retail transactions and circulated primarily in commercial and interbank settlements. High-value HSBC notes from this period are frequently found with minimal wear for exactly that reason.