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Estimate $20,000
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SOLD $30,000
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED, five dollars, 189., Specimen, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red twice and seven perforated hole cancellations (Ma N1, P.247). Waterlow & Sons round blue seal at lower right with the wording WATERLOW & SONS SPECIMEN CANCELLED. The back of the note depicts a junk and a 19th century view of Hong Kong Harbour. A very attractive note. Extremely fine and extremely rare.
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