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| Issuer | The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China |
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| Year | 1878 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | $5 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Penang 1st Jan. 1878 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its OFFICE here FIVE DOLLARS in local currency for Value received. BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS Entd. Acct. MANAGER |
| Reverse description | Uniform green letterpress on plain paper, centred on a large horizontal elliptical guilloche panel enclosing the numeral "5", flanked by two smaller circular rosette vignettes. The bank title curves around the outer edge of the central panel in two arcs. |
| Reverse lettering | THE CHARTERED BANK OF 5 INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA |
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