1911-12年印度新金山中国渣打银行5元正反面设计图一对，编号0000001，均有PMG封套，无评分，此设计乃1909/1911/1912年汇丰银行，渣打银行及有利银行纸钞最早之正反面齐全手绘设计稿，足见其无可比拟的历史价值，一般相信银行会为各面值钞票设计多款样式，但本设计是迄今已知两款设计之其中一款，另一款设计是1912年「蜘蛛网」500元正面稿，斯宾克于2019年春拍以660,000港元连买家佣金售出，而本品则正反面设计一对，港钞中的经典逸品，值得珍视。
The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, a uniface obverse and reverse printers model for $5, type of 1911-1922, serial number 0000001, blue, black and yellow-orange, vignette of a sampan and junk boat boat at sea, pagoda by the shoreline, denomination at each corner, bank arms at centre left and $5 at centre right, the reverse red and black, bank building at centre, allegorical symbols depicting Great Britain, China, India and Australia, similar but obviously different to the issued design, a beautiful work of art by Waterlow and Sons,(Pick 41 for type), both sides in a PMG slab without a grade. A historically important pair as it can only be the earliest fully drawn printers design for the Scenic series of 1909/1911/1912 for HSBC, Chartered Bank and The Mercantile Bank.
Whilst it is logical to assume multiple printers models were made for each denomination at each Bank, this is the only one of two known from this period to date.
The other one is a uniface obverse design for the Spider Web $500 of 1912 which was sold by Spink China in March 2019 for HKD$660,000 inclusive of the Buyers Premium and this is a complete pair with the obverse and reverse. A crowning piece in the best of any banknote collection. Unique!
