1934年印度新金山中国渣打银行50元临时样票加盖流通票，编号U/H 021432，PMG 30，轻微鏽渍，顶级品相原装纸，颜色深润，2019年斯宾克夏拍曾以$384,000(连佣金)拍出50元「大葫芦」临时样票，虽然设立临时样票之原因今人无从稽考，但可确定的是临时样票可取代正式样票，迄今有记载的临时样票寥寥可数，每版别仅得一枚，此票珍罕程度及品相均无可匹敌。 The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $50, expedient specimen overprinted on an issued note, 1.11.1934, serial number U/H 021432, brown and black, male Roman soldier at left, bank coat of arms upper centre, denomination at each corner, clear handsigned signature at lower left, reverse brown, rice planting scene at right, allegorical symbols at each corner, SPECIMEN block letters printed on both sides, punch hole cancelled,(Pick 56s), PMG 30 Very Fine (Expedient Specimen, Minor Rust), a superb original note with one horizontal fold and three vertical folds. The paper quality and colours are firm and fresh. A highly unusual note reminiscent of the $50 Big Gourd expedient specimen Spink sold in August 2019 for $384,000 (including Buyers Premium). "Expedient Specimens" were likely used, though only as a limited practice, to identify forgery notes at a time when specimens were few in numbers or were not ordered to be made by the bank. Considering that the 1st November 1934 issue of Chartered $50 was the last of its series, and that an issued note well into circulation was converted into a specimen, it would seem that by the time the bank needed a specimen of this date of issue there were no fresh notes remaining for use. It is not clear as to when exactly the circulation of this series of Chartered $50s was terminated, and it was not resurrected either in post-war Hong Kong. Nevertheless, this practice was extremely limited given that only one example of each type is recorded to date. Of the highest rarity and quality.
