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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
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| Year | 1880-1889 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Steel-engraved intaglio print in blue with red underprint and guilloche borders; the bank's coat of arms vignette at centre flanked by black serial numbers. Multilingual legends in English, Chinese, Tamil, and Arabic frame the note, with denomination numerals in each corner. Accountant and Manager signature lines appear at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION SINGAPORE Promise to pay the Bearer on demand TEN DOLLARS at its office here Local Currency for Value received. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Engraved on Steel by Metchim & Son, London E.C. 英商香港上海滙豐銀行 大銀壹拾員 ACCOUNTANT MANAGER |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red, the reverse centres on a large oval guilloche vignette enclosing the bank's coat of arms, flanked by denomination numerals '10' on each side. Intricate lathe-work surrounds the central cartouche, with the bank title inscription running along the upper border of the oval frame. |
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