Description:
Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in 2010, this 20 Dollars banknote belongs to the modern Hong Kong Dollar series characterized by its vibrant color scheme and enhanced security features.
The obverse features the iconic HSBC lion statue, a long-standing symbol of strength and prosperity, accompanied by intricate guilloche patterns, denomination numerals, and bilingual text in English and Chinese.
The reverse depicts a detailed view of the Bank of China Tower and the modern skyline of Hong Kong Island, representing the city’s global financial power and architectural innovation.
Issuer: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
Denomination: 20 Dollars
Year: 2010
Dimensions: Approx. 143 × 71 mm
Material: Paper
Security features: Watermark (HSBC lion head), security thread, holographic stripe, microtext, color-shifting ink, see-through register
Obverse
Dark blue and dark red print on predominantly cyan multicolour underprint; serial numbers black and red.
Large lion statue from HSBC in front of the building headquarters on left-hand side. Lion’s head with flowing hair in top right printed in colour-shifting ink, with blank space for watermark below.
Scripts: Chinese, Latin
Lettering:
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
香港上海匯豐銀行有限公司
憑票即付
Promises to pay the bearer on demand
at its office here
港幣貳拾元
TWENTY
HONG KONG DOLLARS
20
承董事會命
By order of the Board of Directors
行政總裁 Chief Executive
香港二〇一六年一月一日
Hong Kong 1 January 2016
Reverse
Dark blue and dark red print on predominantly cyan multicolour underprint.
Group of young children making lanterns for the Mid-Autumn Festival, fish in background.
Scripts: Chinese, Latin
Lettering:
20 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
香港上海匯豐銀行有限公司
Mid-Autumn Festival
Features
| Issuer | Hong Kong (China) |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) (香港上海滙豐銀行) |
| Period | Special Administrative Region (1997-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 2010-2016 |
| Value | 20 Dollars |
| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 143 × 71.5 mm |
