1925年史可达公司8%第二次公债一组8枚，分5、10、50及100英镑各2枚，EF；1925 8% Skoda Loan, group of 8 bonds, 5 pounds (2), 10 pounds (2), 50 pounds (2) and 100pounds (2), The Skoda Loan II of 1925 was for the capital sum of £6,866,04610/10. The loan was issued subject to and with the benefit of anagreement dated 14th November 1922 and a SupplementaryAgreement dated 30th September 1925 between the ChineseMinister of Finance, representing the Chinese Government and theItalian Bank for China formerly known as the Sino-Italian Bank.The Italian Bank for China was acting on behalf of the bond holdersof the succession loans to the Skoda Loan I in 1911, which werereferred to as the 1912 Arnhold Karberg Loans I & II, the 1913Arnhold Karberg Loan III, the 1913 Austrian Loans I & II, and the1914 Austrian Loan III. New 1925 Skoda Loan II bonds, to the facevalue of £150, were issued for every £100 due on the 1911 SkodaLoan I, and the succession loans listed above.The financial institutions which participated in the loan were theItalian Bank for China, Credito Italiano Bank of London, and J.Hambro & Sons in London. Bearer bonds of six differentdenominations were issued as listed in the table above.The Skoda Loan II was guaranteed by the securities1 detailed onthe original Skoda Loan I and the succession loans listed above. Itwas further secured by a first charge upon the tax on the Transferof Property and Title Deeds. The coupons were payable on 30thJune and 30 December each year.For each of the six denominations of bonds issued, there were tendifferent redemption dates and in consequence different numbersof coupons were attached to each bond depending upon theredemption dates. These variations within each denominationeffectively means that there are a total of 60 different variations ofthe bonds issued under the Skoda Loan II.The original 1911 Skoda Loan I was for the capital sum of £750,000and was offered to the Chinese Goverment by Arnhold, Karberg &Co. The purpose of the loan was to purchase arms for naval andmilitary use from the Skoda Works factory in Pilsen, Czech Republic2extremely fine (8)
