1912年印度新金山中国渣打银行$500，编号R/E 104399，PMG 15，有胶贴痕迹及书写，编者经验中本品乃最早于香港发行之$500 流通票， 儘管仍有其他年份更早之$500钞票，但它们皆为样票或注销票，因此不能小覤本品之历史意义。 本别版的纸钞仅存 3-4 枚，上一次亮相已是2014 年 1 月的斯宾克中国拍卖会。本品定必掀起一番激烈的竞投，可遇不可求之逸品。
The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $500, 1.3.1912, serial number R/E 104399, purple and black on orange, bank arms upper centre, vignette of a sampan and junk boat sailing by a pagoda at centre, handsigned at lower left and right, reverse blue and black, Bank building at centre,(Pick 46a), PMG 15 Choice Fine (Tape Repairs, Annotations). In the cataloguer s opinion this note is the earliest fully issued $500 for Hong Kong. Although earlier $500 notes do exist they are either specimens or cancelled and as such the historical signifance of the earliest known fully issued $500 cannot be overestimated. Only 3-4 issued notes of this type exist and the last time any appeared in auction was Spink China s sale in January 2014. A truly exceptional offering and surely a note which will be fiercely contested for on the auction floor. A truly exceptional offering
