Hong Kong five hundred-dollar note

Five hundred
Optically Variable Ink, Iridescent image
Material used	Cotton
Years of printing	various years depending on bank

The Hong Kong five hundred dollar note was first issued in undated from the 1860s by the

Asiatic Banking Corporation between 1862-66. The National Bank of China issued theirs in the 1890s. There was a continuous issue till the Second 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.

References

Ma Tak Wo 2004, Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency, Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD Kowloon Hong Kong.
ISBN 962-85939-3-5

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Topics	Banknotes of the HKD Coins of the HKD Hong Kong dollar
Coinage	1 mil 1¢ 5¢ 10¢ 20¢ 50¢ $1 $2 $5 $10
Banknotes	1¢ 5¢ 10¢ $1 $5 $10 $20 $25 $50 $100 $150 $500 $1000
Banknote issuers	Bank of China (Hong Kong) Hong Kong Monetary Authority The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) The Oriental Bank Corporation Mercantile Bank of India, London and China