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10 Dollars
| Issuer | The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Year | 1895 (1890-1895) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print on white paper with a green underprint of the denomination TEN DOLLARS across the centre. The Royal coat of arms appears as a vignette at upper centre, flanked by $10 numerals, with Chinese and Tamil script borders running along all four margins. The bank name and promise-to-pay text are rendered in letterpress below the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | $10 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER SINGAPORE THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its OFFICE here TEN DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island. Value received. BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS SPECIMEN W. W. SPRAGUE & Co. LONDON Entd. Acct. MANAGER |
| Reverse description | Entirely engraved in green, the reverse is dominated by an ornate guilloche framework with a central lozenge-shaped cartouche bearing the word TEN. The bank title arcs across the centre field, with numeral 10 repeated in all four corners and the word TEN along both lateral margins within elaborate lathe-work borders. |
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