Straits Settlements Asiatic Banking Corporation, Singapore 500 Dollars ND (ca. 1860s) Pick S79r KNB5 Remainder PMG...
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Handsome $500 Dollars Remainder of the 1860s
Straits Settlements Asiatic Banking Corporation, Singapore
500 Dollars ND (ca. 1860s) Pick S79r KNB5 Remainder PMG Choice
Uncirculated 63.The Asiatic Banking Corporation was a short-lived entity in the mid-1860s that operated in British India, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London, and the Straits Settlements. During its brief existence, banknotes were prepared for Britain's Asian colonies, although it appears that no notes were issued officially. Two sets of denominations for each bank branch were prepared by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company in 1985, but otherwise, few, if any, examples are known to exist. Some Ceylonese notes are extant with circulation, but that is most likely not the case of the other cities of issue. This offering is a $500 prepared for the Singapore branch of the bank. It bears a serial number of 000207, but it is undated and unsigned. The uniface front remains excellent, with all details bold and clear. The back shows some stains, which have been lightened, and mounting remnants. This is the only example graded in the PMG Population Report, at the time of writing, and it may be unique or one of only a few examples extant. Exceptionally rare and from the first few decades of British rule in Singapore.
From The Peh Family Collection
唯一獲PMG評分之1860年代500元庫存票「新加坡地名」
約1860年代亞西亞國銀行大銀伍佰員庫存票，新加坡地名。PMG Choice Uncirculated 63。在1860年代中期，亞西亞國銀行的業務遍及英屬印度、錫蘭、香港、上海、倫敦和海峽殖民地。雖然這家銀行存世時間極短，但仍為各個英國的亞洲殖民地準備發鈔，至於有否真正發行就不得而知。1985年巴布域偉堅遜公司為各地分行清算了兩套鈔票，除此以外，未知有否其他例子存世。部分錫蘭鈔票曾進入流通並流傳至今，但其他發行城市無此幸運。當前這張伍佰員是為新加坡分行準備，帶有序號000207，但不見日期和簽署。單面印刷的正面仍鮮明清晰，所有細節一目了然。背面帶有輕微黃點，但曾被淡化，另見粘痕。截至編目時，此為PMG數量報告中的唯一一例，同時可能為存世孤例或兩三例之一。此鈔出自英治時期首數十年的新加坡，珍罕程度有如鳳毛麟角。
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Estimate: $30,000 - up.
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