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| Country | Hong Kong |
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| Value | 500Hong Kong dollars |
| Width | 158 mm |
| Height | 79 mm |
| Security features | Window,Watermark,Security thread, Registration device,Latent image,Optically Variable Ink, Iridescent image |
| Material used | Cotton |
| Years of printing | various years depending on bank |
TheHong Kong five hundred dollar note was first issued in undated from the 1860s by theOriental Bank Corporation, theStandard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) but a confirmed date for this bank is 1879, followed byThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1877, theMercantile Bank in 1948 and theBank of China in 1994. The Specimens are known from theAgra and Masterman's Bank and theAsiatic Banking Corporation between 1862-66. TheNational Bank of China issued theirs in the 1890s. There was a continuous issue till theSecond World War in different colours and dimensions, they were reissued from 1946. The Mercantile bank ceased issue of this denomination after 1959. There was a standardisation of size in 1979 when the Chartered Bank reduced the size to that similar to HSBC. The colour was made uniform in 2003 when brown for all banknotes was adopted.
In 2018, all three banks released new designs for the note featuring hexagonal rock columns found in theHong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark.
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