Description:
Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in 2018, this 50 Dollars banknote is part of the redesigned Hong Kong Dollar series featuring enhanced security and modernized artistic themes celebrating the city’s natural and cultural beauty.
The obverse displays the iconic HSBC lion statue, symbolizing strength and stability, surrounded by complex guilloche patterns, denomination numerals, and bilingual inscriptions in English and Chinese.
The reverse features a vibrant depiction of Hong Kong’s geological wonders, specifically the hexagonal rock columns of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, representing the territory’s rich natural heritage and conservation efforts.
Issuer: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
Denomination: 50 Dollars
Year: 2018
Dimensions: Approx. 148 × 74 mm
Material: Paper (enhanced security substrate)
Security features: Watermark (HSBC lion head), windowed security thread, color-shifting ink, microtext, see-through register, tactile marks
Obverse
Green color banknote with picture of the HSBC lion statue
Lettering:
50
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 香港上海匯豐銀行有限公司
Promises to pay the bearer on demand at its office here
FIFTY
HONG KONG DOLLARS
憑票即付
港幣伍拾元
By order of the Board of Directors
承董事會命
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 執行董事
HONG KONG 1 JANUARY 2009
香港二〇〇九年一月一日
Reverse
Picture of Po Lin Monastery
Lettering:
貳拾 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
香港上海匯豐銀行有限公司
eatures
| 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 | 2003-2009 |
| Value | 50 Dollars |
| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 148 × 74 mm |
