HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, DURESS $500, 1.1.1936, serial number C156119, two handsigned signatures,(Pick 179a), PMG 15 choice fine. Note that this is a DURESS note signed under Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in WWII. The HSBC $500 bearing the 1936 date with serial numbers from C126,000 to C300,000 were all force signed Duress notes. Quite rare.
Estimate: HK$15,000.00 - HK$25,000.00