HONG KONG. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. $500, 1.1.1936. P-179s.Specimen printed by BWC. A design which is always well received as the very large format is one that was utilized throughout several decades. Seen with bright and well embossed inks throughout with specimen serial numbers of "C000,000." Perorated cancelled at lower center and with printers annotations at the top border. Vertical folds at center and mostly handling account for the grade. The last we handled was without the circulation and brought $2,629.00 as lot 53373 in our August 2012 Hong Kong sale.Choice Extremely Fine
