Features
Issuer Hong Kong (China)
Issuing bank The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) (香港上海滙豐銀行)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1997)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1959-1975
Value 5 Dollars (5 HKD)
Currency Dollar (1863-date)
Composition Paper
Size 142 × 79 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Obverse
A coat of arms in the centre surrounded by rays, a blank field on the left for the watermark and a lady sitting on the right beside the sea. See comments.
Lettering:
香港上海匯豐銀行
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Promises to pay
No. ______ No. ______
the Bearer on demand at its Office here
伍圓
FIVE DOLLARS
or the equivalent in the Currency
of the Colony, Value received.
HONG KONG 31ST MARCH, 1975.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
香港
HONG KONG
BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.
Reverse
An angel blowing a trumpet at the top centre and the original HSBC building in the centre.
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