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Banknote
The
fifty-dollar note
was first issued undated in the 1860s by the
Oriental Bank Corporation
, the
Mercantile Bank
, the
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
but a confirmed date for this bank is 1879, followed by
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
in 1877. The
National Bank of China
also issued this denomination in the 1890s, but they are seldom seen. There was a continuous issue till the
Second World War
in different colours and dimensions, but they ceased to be printed between 1934 and 1941, depending on the bank. After the war no banks resumed to issue this denomination. They were resumed by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1968 the Standard Chartered Bank in 1970 as a blue note. This was then changed to purple in 1985 with a new smaller version and then to the current green issue in 2003. The
Bank of China
issued their version in 1994. The colour was made uniform when green for all banknotes was adopted.
References
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edit
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- Ma Tak Wo 2004, Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency, Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD Kowloon Hong Kong.
ISBN
962-85939-3-5
Hong Kong currency
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