Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2015 Hong Kong Auction - Sess. A-D 24-26 August 2015
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CHINA--REPUBLIC. Farmers Bank of China. 50 Yuan, 1937. P-472. PMG Choice Very Fine 35 Net. Restoration.
(S/M#C290-71) Chungking. Overprint on Szechuan Provincial Government Pick S2816. Black outs over as issued bank name, with new name in red overprints at left and right. Shown in a medium to large format with blue and green character under-prints. Houses, center with guilloche flanking at each side. Ornate back styling again in blue with "YU-50-AN," in guilloche at left center and people bridge in identical frame at right center. Blacked out bank name again with overprinted "THE FARMERS BANK OF CHINA," arched below. Some well executed repairs are observed. PMG Choice Very Fine 35 Net. Restoration.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00
(S/M#C290-71) Chungking. Overprint on Szechuan Provincial Government Pick S2816. Black outs over as issued bank name, with new name in red overprints at left and right. Shown in a medium to large format with blue and green character under-prints. Houses, center with guilloche flanking at each side. Ornate back styling again in blue with "YU-50-AN," in guilloche at left center and people bridge in identical frame at right center. Blacked out bank name again with overprinted "THE FARMERS BANK OF CHINA," arched below. Some well executed repairs are observed. PMG Choice Very Fine 35 Net. Restoration.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00