The Hong Kong five hundred dollar note was first issued in undated from the 1860s by the Oriental Bank Corporation, the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) but a confirmed date for this bank is 1879, followed by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1877, the Mercantile Bank in 1948 and the Bank of China in 1994. The Specimens are known from the Agra and Masterman's Bank and the Asiatic Banking Corporation between 1862-66. The National Bank of China issued theirs in the 1890s. There was a continuous issue till the Second World War in different colours and dimensions, they were reissued from 1946. The Mercantile bank ceased issue of this denomination after 1959. There was a standardisation of size in 1979 when the Chartered Bank reduced the size to that similar to HSBC. The colou
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- 香港五百元紙幣 (zh)
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| - 五百元紙幣,又稱五百元鈔票,是一種現行流通的香港貨幣,面額為$500港元,為目前面額第2大的香港鈔票,俗稱「啡牛」(1909年發行的滙豐500元鈔票的正面圖案有一隻牛而得名)。500元紙幣以棕色為主色。 目前該種紙幣由香港3間發鈔銀行發行。現時以鈔票編號計算,500元鈔票是發行量是排第3。由於市面上出現大量滙豐2000年及2002年版本的千元偽鈔,導致民眾對千元鈔票的信心盡失,所以滙豐最近增加印製500元鈔票,用以取代不太受民眾歡迎的千元鈔票。 (zh)
- The Hong Kong five hundred dollar note was first issued in undated from the 1860s by the Oriental Bank Corporation, the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) but a confirmed date for this bank is 1879, followed by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1877, the Mercantile Bank in 1948 and the Bank of China in 1994. The Specimens are known from the Agra and Masterman's Bank and the Asiatic Banking Corporation between 1862-66. The National Bank of China issued theirs in the 1890s. There was a continuous issue till the Second World War in different colours and dimensions, they were reissued from 1946. The Mercantile bank ceased issue of this denomination after 1959. There was a standardisation of size in 1979 when the Chartered Bank reduced the size to that similar to HSBC. The colou (en)
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| - The Hong Kong five hundred dollar note was first issued in undated from the 1860s by the Oriental Bank Corporation, the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) but a confirmed date for this bank is 1879, followed by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1877, the Mercantile Bank in 1948 and the Bank of China in 1994. The Specimens are known from the Agra and Masterman's Bank and the Asiatic Banking Corporation between 1862-66. The National Bank of China issued theirs in the 1890s. There was a continuous issue till the Second World War in different colours and dimensions, they were reissued from 1946. The Mercantile bank ceased issue of this denomination after 1959. There was a standardisation of size in 1979 when the Chartered Bank reduced the size to that similar to HSBC. The colour was made uniform in 2003 when brown for all banknotes was adopted. (en)
- 五百元紙幣,又稱五百元鈔票,是一種現行流通的香港貨幣,面額為$500港元,為目前面額第2大的香港鈔票,俗稱「啡牛」(1909年發行的滙豐500元鈔票的正面圖案有一隻牛而得名)。500元紙幣以棕色為主色。 目前該種紙幣由香港3間發鈔銀行發行。現時以鈔票編號計算,500元鈔票是發行量是排第3。由於市面上出現大量滙豐2000年及2002年版本的千元偽鈔,導致民眾對千元鈔票的信心盡失,所以滙豐最近增加印製500元鈔票,用以取代不太受民眾歡迎的千元鈔票。 (zh)
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