Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
April 2014 Hong Kong Auction - Sess. C 2 April 2014
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CHINA--FOREIGN BANKS. Russo-Asiatic Bank. 100 Dollars, ND (1910). P-S466.
(S/M#O5-) Harbin branch. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company. Appealing attributes with dragons on both the face and back. The face shows with two dragons opposing one another with both chasing the pearl of wisdom. Additional dragon at center in black inks seen behind blue overprinted "ONE, HUNDRED, DOLLARS." Large left and right "100," counters in black inks and ornate bordering designs in a multitude of color. Back seen with sharply detailed vignette of a bank building at center and flanked by facing dragons with pearl of wisdom at top center. Just a hint of circulation on this piece and seen with deeply embossed paper. PMG About Uncirculated 55.
(S/M#O5-) Harbin branch. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company. Appealing attributes with dragons on both the face and back. The face shows with two dragons opposing one another with both chasing the pearl of wisdom. Additional dragon at center in black inks seen behind blue overprinted "ONE, HUNDRED, DOLLARS." Large left and right "100," counters in black inks and ornate bordering designs in a multitude of color. Back seen with sharply detailed vignette of a bank building at center and flanked by facing dragons with pearl of wisdom at top center. Just a hint of circulation on this piece and seen with deeply embossed paper. PMG About Uncirculated 55.