1914年中法实业银行拾圆。CHINA--FOREIGN BANKS. Banque Industrielle de Chine. 10 Mexican Dollars, Swatow, 1 - 10 - 1915. Pick S-397F. PMG Choice Very Fine 35. 下方黑字加粗SWATOW。BWC印制。在这枚中法属实业银行汕头分行的钞票发行60年后，Smith/Matravers出版了纸币著述，但未有收录此钞。SCWPM为其编号S-397F，但并不准确。C254-3d版别未在S/M书中收录，该书只收录了C254-a, b, c三款，分别为北京、天津、上海发行的拾圆，不包括汕头地名或墨西哥加盖版。这是我行相当一段时间内经手的第一枚罕见纸钞，PMG仅有一枚更高分。本款获评VF级裡的高分，纸张质量高，色彩细节鲜明。PMG提及"轻微外来异物"，十分微小，可忽略不计。2018年1月，一枚类似评分的纸钞拍出11,400美金，那枚拍品渍点较小，氧化和流通痕迹更严重。Bold SWATOW MEXICAN DOLLARS overprint revaluation diagonally in red on S-397. Red strike through Shanghai branch name with overprinted SWATOW in black below, flanked by chinze at left and right. Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. No Swatow branch or Mexican Dollar revaluations from Banque Industrielle were known to Smith/Matravers, published sixty years after the issue date of this note. Contrary to the inaccurate notation in SCWPM at Pick S-397F, number C254-3d does not exist in S/M. There are only C254 a,b,c numbers in S/M, which refer only to the regular issues of $10 for Peking, Tientsin, and Shanghai, not to either Swatow or Mexican Dollar overprints. A rare note in issued form, the first we have handled in quite some time and the finest of any we offered. Only one finer example appears in the PMG population report, which has a mere six issued examples. A high VF, with strong paper quality and all-over sharp color and detail. PMG mentions a "minor foreign substance," which is negligible. One in similar grade fetched $11,400 in our January 2018 sale, but that example showed with small stains and more toning and handling than this one.
