The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Currency & Banknote Values

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China series of Hong Kong in the World Currency contains 160 distinct entries with CPG® values between $200.00 and $200,000.00.

The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (CBI) was founded by Scotsman James Wilson following the grant of a royal charter by Queen Victoria on 29 December 1853. It was an overseas exchange bank, based in and controlled from the City of London. It was established to take advantage of the end of the East India Company’s monopoly in 1853. It opened its first Hong Kong branch in 1859, and was authorized to issue notes in 1862, a privilege it continues to exercise (as Standard Chartered) to modern day. Take care not to confuse the following notes issued in Hong Kong for similar notes issued in Shanghai (China PS154 - PS222), distinguished by the city of issue at lower center front. All notes from the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China have signatures of an accountant and manager. The earlier notes of all denominations had both signatures handwritten. Beginning in the late 1890s, the signature of the manager was printed at lower right front (except for 500-dollar notes), whereas the signature of the accountant at lower left front was handwritten. From 1941 onward, both signatures were printed, but by different accountants for each denomination.