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Government of Hong Kong (府政港香) Currency & Banknote Values

Banknote Book® Price Guide

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Government of Hong Kong (府政港香) series of Hong Kong in the World Currency contains 56 distinct entries with CPG® values between $1.00 and $10,800.00.

Under the Currency Ordinance of 1935, banknotes in denominations of 5 dollars and above issued by the three authorized local banks were all declared legal tender. The Government of Hong Kong (GOV) took over production of 1-dollar and small change notes.
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No date Sig 1: Taylor Prefix A - H Intro: 12 11 1935
$50.00 - $850
Separate front/back monochrome (purple); no ovpt; no perf; no s/n
Horizontal CANCELLED perf; s/n range
No date Sig 2: Caine Prefix J - Y Intro: 21 11 1939
$14.00 - $225.00
Horizontal CANCELLED perf; s/n range
Red; horizontal red BW&C circle ovpt front/back; horizontal red SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE ovpt upper left front; no sig ; no s/n
No date Sig 4: Todd Paper with security fibers Prefix none Intro: 1941
$1.00 - $12.00
Paper without security fibers Prefix A, B
$1.00 - $12.00
No date Sig 4: Todd No prefix Intro: 1941
$2.50 - $40.00
No date Sig 4: Todd Prefix none, A Intro: 1941
$2.00 - $30.00
No date Sig 3: Butters Prefix A/1 - G/2 Intro: 1940
$8.00 - $120.00
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
1941 Prefix B Intro: 16 12 1941
$120.00 - $1,900
No date No sig No s/n Unissued
$2,100 - $2,100
1944 Unissued
$5,000 - $5,000
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1945 Unissued
$10,800 - $10,800
No date Sig 3: Butters No s/n Intro: 1945
$2.50 - $2.50
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf
No date Sig 3: Butters No s/n Intro: 1945
$1.00 - $16.00
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf
No date Sig 3: Butters No s/n Intro: 1945
$2.00 - $8.50
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf
Blue; no ovpt; no perf
9TH APRIL 1949 Sig 5: Follows Prefix A/3 - A/4
$8.00 - $120.00
1ST JANUARY 1952 Sig 6: Clarke Prefix A/5 - Q/5
$9.00 - $130.00
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
No date Sig 7: Cowperthwaite No s/n Intro: 1961
$1.00 - $1.00
Sig 8: Haddon-Cave Intro: 1971
$1.00 - $1.00
Sig 9: Bremridge Intro: 1981
$1.00 - $1.00
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Sig 10: Jacobs Intro: 1986
$1.50 - $1.50
Sig 11: Macleod Intro: 1992
$1.00 - $1.00
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf
No date Sig 7: Cowperthwaite No s/n Intro: 00 01 1965
$2.00 - $8.00
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf
Purple; diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; horizontal red SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE ovpt upper left front
No date Sig 7: Cowperthwaite No s/n Intro: 00 01 1961
$2.00 - $8.50
1ST JULY 1952 Sig 6: Clarke Fractional prefix A/6 - W/6
$2.50 - $40.00
1ST JULY 1954 Number + letter prefix 1A - 1K
$2.50 - $40.00
1ST JULY 1955 Prefix 1K - 1U
$2.50 - $40.00
1ST JUNE 1956 Prefix 2A - 2V
$2.00 - $35.00
1ST JULY 1957 Prefix 3A - 3V
$2.00 - $35.00
1ST JULY 1958 Prefix 4A - 5V
$2.00 - $35.00
1ST JULY 1959 Prefix 6A - 6Y
$2.00 - $35.00
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
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Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
Blue-green; no date; no sig; no s/n
1st JULY 2002 Sig 12: Kam-chung/Chi-kwong Prefix AA - MK
$3.00 - $3.00
1st JANUARY 2003 Prefix MR - RT
$3.00 - $3.00
1st JANUARY 2005 Sig 13: Ying-yen/Chi-kwong Prefix RV - ST
$3.00 - $3.00
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Replacement: ZY
1st APRIL 2007 Sig 13: Ying-yen/Chi-kwong Prefix AA - CQ
$3.00 - $3.00
1st OCTOBER 2007 Sig 14: Chun-wah/Chi-kwong Prefix CR - PM
$3.00 - $3.00
1st JANUARY 2012 Sig 15: Chun-wah/Tak-Lam Prefix PN - TM
$3.00 - $3.00
1st JANUARY 2014 Prefix WB - YD
$3.00 - $3.00
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