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1 Million Dollars - Hong Kong's return to China
| Issuer | Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1985-date) |
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| Obverse description | At right, a portrait vignette of Deng Xiaoping is set against a vignette of the Hong Kong skyline at left, which includes the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and the historic Clock Tower. A central guilloche underprint frames a red-and-white bauhinia flag motif, the whole composition serving as a commemorative issue marking the handover of Hong Kong to China on 1st July 1997. |
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| Reverse lettering | 壹佰萬圓 Commemorative Million Dollars Non-negotiable Not legal tender 壹佰萬圓 |
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| Comments |
This is a novelty or souvenir item, not a legal tender banknote. Hong Kong has never issued a denomination of one million dollars, and "Desden Security Printing Ltd." does not appear in any verified registry of licensed security printers. The 1997 handover generated a significant volume of commemorative fantasy notes targeting the collector market, most printed to low security standards with no monetary authority behind them.
Catalog it as ephemera, not currency.