20 Dollars Standard Chartered Bank

Features

Issuer	Hong Kong (China)
Issuing bank	Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-1997)
Type	Standard banknote
Years	1985-1992
Value	20 Dollars 20 HKD = USD 2.55
Currency	Dollar (1863-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	143.0 × 71.5 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 271434 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	P# 279 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Denomination at top left and bottom right tilted vertically. Mythological tortoise at right. Anti-counterfeit pattern and watermark window left.

Lettering:
Standard Chartered Bank
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1853
香港渣打銀行
Promises to pay the bearer
on demand at its office here
Twenty Dollars
貳拾圓
By order of the Court
of Directors, Hong Kong.
1st JANUARY 1992

Reverse

Bank building at left, coat of arms at center. Bank's Chinese and English name across top and bottom respectively. Denomination in Arabic numerals at top right and bottom left, and in Traditional Chinese at top left and bottom right.

Lettering:
貳拾圓 渣打銀行 20

20 Standard Chartered Bank 貳拾圓

Watermark

Helmeted warrior's head

Printer

See also

• Fantasy animal
• Turtle or tortoise
• Tower
• Coat of Arms
• Mythology

• 10 Dollars (Standard Chartered Bank)
• 50 Dollars (Standard Chartered Bank)
• 100 Dollars (Standard Chartered Bank)
• 500 Dollars (Standard Chartered Bank)
• 1 000 Dollars (Standard Chartered Bank)

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