Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
April 2014 Hong Kong Auction - Sess. C 2 April 2014
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CHINA--PUPPET BANKS. Hua-Hsing Commercial Bank. 5 Yuan, 1938. P-J98a.
(S/m#H184-12) Black overprinted serial and block numbers, brown under-prints and guilloche at the counters and ornamental protector design at the bank name in lilac at top center. Central vignette shows with arched bridge with house at left and pagoda in distance. Back shown with president Ch'en Chin Tao overprint at lower center with light under-print at left and right of the geometrically intense design. Only a touch of circulation is mentioned and silk fiber laden paper. We have handled only two others for the catalog number, which were also About Uncirculated pieces with closed serial numbers. PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58.
(S/m#H184-12) Black overprinted serial and block numbers, brown under-prints and guilloche at the counters and ornamental protector design at the bank name in lilac at top center. Central vignette shows with arched bridge with house at left and pagoda in distance. Back shown with president Ch'en Chin Tao overprint at lower center with light under-print at left and right of the geometrically intense design. Only a touch of circulation is mentioned and silk fiber laden paper. We have handled only two others for the catalog number, which were also About Uncirculated pieces with closed serial numbers. PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58.