Asiatic Banking Corporation, Hong Kong, remainder $500, ca.1860s

Asiatic Banking Corporation, Hong Kong, remainder $500, ca.1860s, no serial number, uniface, orange, (Pick 15r), PMG 63. Founded in 1860 and operated in Ceylon, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. No issued notes are known for the entire series. The empty serial number, date and signatures section were likely only filled in as the notes are needed for use. $500 equal to 500 silver dollar coins then which was a huge sum of money hence a denomination as such was only likely used for institutional transactions. Extremely rare, the only example on PMG census and less than five examples are known. 約1860年代亞西亞國銀行伍佰員，無編號，單面印刷，橘色，PMG 63。亞西亞國銀行成立於1860年，業務遍及錫蘭、中國、香港以及新加坡。目前尚無此系列紙幣之完整發行記錄。留白的編號、日期及簽名欄有可能是在紙幣需要使用時才填寫。 伍佰員相當於五百枚銀元，在當時屬一筆巨款，因此這種面額之紙幣很可能只用於機構交易。極為罕見，PMG評級紀錄中僅此一枚，已知存世量不到五枚，極致稀有

Estimate:£19,285.8

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