CHINA--FOREIGN BANKS. Yokohama Specie Bank, Limited. $100, 1.3.1918. P-S725s.(S/M#H31) A simply stunning opportunity for advanced collectors as this denomination hardly is ever seen in public or private offerings. The note also benefits from not only rarity, but stunning quality as well. A vibrant purple frame surrounds a bright yellow under-print with watermarked characters seen when back lit. Well embossed solid zero serial numbers and block numbers are welcomed along with specimen diagonally overprinted across center. Two punch cancels are sighted with one of typical size and another larger.<br /><br />One Hundred of any monetary system was the largest used for this banking institution for circulating currency and every branch and series with the 100 denomination is listed as rare in the SCWPM. All denominations from the Tientsin branch are highly scarce or rare and being this is the highest denomination, we will expect spirited bidding when offered.Choice Uncirculated
