829
Tung Wai Bank, Chinkiang, 1912 Issue Private Banknote With
Flying Bats.
Chinkiang, China, 1st November, 1912. $1, P-Unlisted,
(
S/M#C31-1), Black on dark purple-brown face with 2 bats flanking
globe on middle top over pagoda and village scene, back is black on
green underprint with bats flanking globe, S/N 12119, Uncirculated
to Choice uncirculated condition. Rare note with interesting and
popular bat vignettes. .................................................
HK $4000-8000
830
Yee Gay Company, Republic Era (ca. 1912-1920), Private Cash
Certificate or Banknote.
Face value 1 String of 96% Copper;
Privately printed Wood block cash certificate by Yee Gay from
republic era, undated; various red guarantee seal chops. On reverse,
printed 1 String with warning about forging notes. Blue border with
various figures, back brown, AU to Uncirculated. .......
HK $2000-3000
831
Bak of Kwantung, 37th Year of the Republic, Private
Banknote.
$1, Official note printed by Bank of Kwan Tung. Printed
in the republic’s 37th year. Orange border with brown vignette
mountains by water, back orange with steamship, Fine condition.
Scarce. ........................................................................
HK $1000-2000
829
830
831
832
British-American Tobacco Company, Ltd. 1920 Issue
Specimen Banknote With MatCh’ing Proof Vignette.
1920.
$1,
P-Unlisted. Specimen note, brown face with tobacco field vignette
and also matCh’ing vignette proof printed in black on india paper
mounted on thin manila card. Specimen overprint, POC’s. Choice to
Gem Uncirculated. Scarce tobacco scrip or banknote.
ABNC. .........................................................................
HK $4000-7000
833
Untitled (ca. 1880-1910), Original Artwork Hand Drawn
Specimen Stock Certificate or Large Banknote.
Kwansi, 12.75 x
15.5
inches, Red, blue and yellow certificate with large facing drag-
ons on sides and top with Chinese text, “Portrait of Li Hung Chang”
written in pencil on the top, Evidently a model for a proposed design
for either a stock or banknote, Printer or artist unknown.
HK $2000-4000
834
Foo Yee Sung from Kewjiang Main Street, (ca. 1912), Private
Issue Banknote.
100
pieces (of copper?), Private printed cash cer-
tificate from republic 1st year, black on blue with facing dragons on
top, back red, various guarantee company chops in red. Fine to VF
condition with small hole in middle. Rare and attractive private ban-
knote...........................................................................
HK $2000-4000
832
833
834
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