HONG KONG - STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ISSUE 2010 Series type, dated 2016 - $20 Banknote - in Crisp and Clean UNCIRCULATED Condition.

Catalogue Reference:- Pick#297e.  Note is in shades of Shades of Blue on a Multicoloured underprint on White watermarked paper.

On the face at the left is an image of a Mythological Fish. 

The reverse depicts an image of an abacus in shades of Brown against a background of Binary Code.

The watermark at the right on the face features a Bauhinia flower with a small '20' for the denomination on a lower petal.

The banknote has a host of Security features including - a thick 4mm wide metallic, interwoven security strip,  which shimmers and changes colour from Green to Red, when held at different angles. The denomination as HK20 can also be seen on segments of the strip when held up to a light source. On the face the denomination '20' at the top right shifts between Gold, Red and Green when the banknote is viewed at different angles and on the reverse the note has a large '20' for the denomination at the top left in Blue with a micro printed design within the two numerals.

The note is dated Hong Kong 1st January 2016 at the lower centre. The note has Serial number GS063513 in Red at the right side running down vertically in gradually increasingly sized numerals, the serial is also at the lower left corner in Black horizontally in the same way. The note has the name Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited at the upper centre and at the very top centre the bank's name is in Chinese characters.

The signatures of the Chief Financial Officer and Ms May Tan Siew-boi as Chief Executive of the Bank are at the lower centre and the lower centre right, respectively.

The Note is sized 144 x 72mm.

The banknote is crisp, bright and clean as issued and has seen no circulation, it does have the normal indents along the top and bottom edges on the line of the thick security strip - it grades UNCIRCULATED.

This is a highly collectible example.

Fair Buy It Now price of £5.25 with a Make Offer option available, any sensible offer will be accepted straight away.

See my other banknotes in my eBay shop, where most are at Buy it Now prices with a Make Offer option .

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Although now, even though the International Postal system is almost back to normal again, there still can be the odd delay to some destinations.                   

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