...Hong Kong, Bank of China - 2021 Reprints Of $20, $50 And $100

 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 three reprints notes of $20, $50 and $100 all dated 01.01.2021. It is believed that these are the only three notes issued in the year 2021. The two notes of $500 and $1000 were issued in 2020. The designs for all these three notes are the same as the first 2018 series, but with new dates and new signatures.

 

Signature - Sun Yu 孫煜 (Chief Executive since 23.12.2020)

The designs on the front for both the 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 - $20 (two leaves), $50 (butterfly), $100 (musical instrument - ruan). 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.

 

Twenty Dollars

Bank of China Tower

Back - A Chinese teapot with two cups. In the background are two bamboo steamers (zhenglong) with har gao and siew mai. Four shapes of tea leaves are also printed in the background.

 

Watermark - Bauhinia flower and electrotype 20

Dimensions - 144.5mm x 72mm

 

A Chinese teapot with two cups

 

Fifty Dollars

Bank of China Tower

Back - A butterfly feeding on flowers.

Watermark - Bauhinia flower and electrotype 50 

Dimensions - 149mm x 75mm

 

Butterfly

 

One Hundred Dollars

Bank of China Tower

Back - A female Cantonese Opera performer with a Chinese folding a fan, and in the background is the image of the Xiqu Centre building.

Watermark - Bauhinia flower and electrotype 100

Dimensions -154mm x 77mm

 

A female Cantonese Opera performer