One Hundred Dollars - 3 in 1 Uncut Sheet with no Letter prefix
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| Dated 2012 |
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| Revesre |
Hong Kong Bank of China $100 3-in-1 Uncut Sheet. This is a limited
commemorative uncut sheet which was issued in 2012 to celebrates the
bank 100th year of
establishment (5.2.1912). A total sheets of 100,000 were issued at a
price of HK$600 each. The bank originally started in 1905 when the
last Chinese Imperial government (Qing Dynasty 1644-1911) established
Daqing Hubu Bank. In 1908, the bank changed it's name to Daqing Bank.
Following the establishment of
the Republic of China in 1911, the bank was then renamed Bank of China
by the
Nationalist Kuomintang government let by Dr Sun Yet-sen. After the
Chinese civil war ended (1.10.1949) between the Communist and the
Nationalist, the bank split into two operations, with one part of it's
operation shifted to Taiwan under the Nationalist Kuomintang government
let by Chiang Kai-shek. The Taiwan operation later changed it's
name in 1971 and merged with the Taiwan Bank of Communication. The
mainland operation's name remains unchanged. BoC, by market
capitalisation, is
the 5th largest bank in the world. Even though BoC is owned by the
government of the Peoples' Republic of China, it is not the Central of
China (Peoples' Bank of China). BoC operates in 27 countries and
employed staffs in excess of 280,000 worldwide. The BoC (Hong Kong
branch) commenced it's operation in 1917. The bank was forced to closed
temporary during the Japanese occupation in 1941 and reopened in 1946
following the end of the war. Right up to 1942, BoC issued banknotes in
China on behalf of the Nationalist government. In 1994, the BoC (HK) was
granted the
license in Hong Kong to issue banknotes in the territory.
The primary colour of this note is in red, an auspicious and iconic colour, representing jubilation and passion
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| Front Folder Cover |
Total notes issued = 2,000,000 prints
Single note = 1,100,000 pieces (HK$150 each)
3 in one Uncut x 100,000 = 300,000 single notes (HK$600 each)
30 in one Uncut x 20,000 = 600,000 single notes (HK$6,000 each)
Net
profit generated from this issued was donated to BoCHK Charitable
Foundation and other charitable organisations of Hong Kong. In view of
the issue price, none of the notes were intended for general circulation.
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