...Hong Kong, Bank of China - 2020 $500 And $1000 Reprints

 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區

(Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

中國銀行(香港)有限公司

(Bank of China [Hong Kong] Limited)

Currency - Dollar (HKD) 

 

Here are the two reprints notes of $500 and $1000 both dated 01.01.2020. It is believed only these two notes were issued in the year 2020. The designs are the same as the first 2018 series, but with new dates.

 

Signature - Gao Yingxin 高应新 (Chief Executive - 01.01.2018 to 25.05.2020)

 

The designs on the front for the three notes are the same as the 2018 series, featuring the Bank Of China (Hong Kong branch) head office tower located at 1 Garden Road Central Hong Kong. Like all the 2018 first series, the theme for the notes on the front are the same. Next to the Bank of China tower is the bauhinia flower. On the top right hand corner, each note is printed with a dynamic shimmering pattern in green and when the note is tilted, a ring appearing in a lighter green colour moves around as well. The dynamic shimmering patterns on the notes are - $500 (three pentagon objects) and $1000 (flower). A Windowed Metallic Thread is also incorporated on the note, and when the note is tilted, the large and small rings on the metallic thread move correspondingly.

 

The theme on the back of each note for all three commercial banks are the same, albeit the designs are not the same.

 

Five Hundred Dollars

Bank of China Tower

 

Back - Image of the Hexagonal Rock Formation situated in Sai Kung, which is an UNESCO Global Geopark since 2009.

Watermark - Bauhinia flower and electrotype 500

Dimensions - 159mm x 80mm

Hexagonal Rock Formation

One Thousand Dollars

Bank of China Tower

 

Back - Two images of heads facing the opposite directions. One has binary numbers 0's and 1's in the brain and the other one has the globe as the brain.

Watermark - Bauhinia flower and electrotype 1000

Dimensions - 165mm x 82.5mm

 

Two heads binary numbers and globe

...China - 100 Yuan 2015 China's Aerospace Science and Technology Commemoratice

One Hundred Yuan

Dated 2015

Reverse

This is a 2015 commemorative note issued by the People's Bank of China, celebrating the progress and achievement of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). This note was issued on 26.11.2015 and has a face value of RMB100. The note is measured 155mm x 77mm. A total quantity of 300,000,000 pieces were released into circulation. In addition to this it also released a gold coloured coin of RMB10 (mintage 10 million pieces). CASC is a state-owned entity and was founded in 1999 with it's HQ in Beijing. Currently it employs a total work force in excess of 170,000 staff. China's space programme started in the late 50s. On 24.4.1970, it successfully launched it's first satellite called Dong Fang Hong 1 (aka China 1 or Red East 1) into space. On the front of the note, it features the Dong Fang Hong 1 satellite, Shenzhou Ninth Airship docking with Tiangong-1 space lab and Chang'e 1 satellite. On the top right hand corner it printed with the text of China Aerospace Memorial/Commemorative "中国航天纪念". The note also has the water mark of Dong Fang Hong 1. On the back, from the top, it's the Chang'e 1 satellite (an unmanned China lunar orbiting spacecraft), Heavenly Palace Space Station (2020 China space station), undercarriage of a Chinese made commercial airplane (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China COMAC), a Fengru no 2 wing propeller-driven aircraft and an eastern coastal flying bird. With such a large quantity available, each person was allowed up to 10 notes and 3 coins. This is the fourth commemorative banknote ever issued by China since the formation of the People's Republic of China on 1.10.1949. The design of this note is viewed horizontally on the front and vertically on the back. Unlike the current 100 Yuan, this note is printed predominantly in blue colour.