China Asiatic Banking Corporation, Shanghai 100 Taels ND (ca. 1860s) Pick UNL Remainder PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ.. ...

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High Denomination Rarity for Shanghai

China Asiatic Banking Corporation, Shanghai 100 Taels ND (ca. 1860s) Pick UNL Remainder PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ.
The Asiatic Banking Corporation was a famous but very short-lived bank. Founded in either 1862 or 1864 in India, this bank quickly expanded to Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, and China. Banknotes were in the process of being made, but suddenly, the bank liquidated its assets in 1866. Only remainders and Specimen remain, except for a few issued examples from Ceylon. This handsome, large format type is a higher denomination prepared for the Shanghai branch. Original paper with just minor handling. Very rare and a desirable relic from a bank that expanded quickly and failed within only a few years.
From The Norman Lin Collection

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上海利彰銀行高面額珍品

約1860年上海利彰銀行壹佰兩庫存票，上海地名。PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ。
利彰銀行雖然聲名顯赫，卻如曇花一現般短暫出現。該銀行成立於1862或1864年，並迅速擴展至斯里蘭卡、新加坡、香港和中國。就在鈔票製作期間，該銀行於1866年突然清算資產。除了幾張出自錫蘭的流通票外，現今僅見少量的庫存票和樣票。這款別具魅力之大型紙幣是為上海分行準備的高面額紙幣，大體上保留了原初的外觀，觸痕微不足道。此鈔可謂是一家迅速擴張卻在短短幾年內倒下的銀行的滄海遺珠。