Paper Money, Scripophily and Banking Histrory
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# S/N 23/966 The Oriental Bank Corporation (Chinese: 東藩滙理銀行), or “OBC”, was a British imperial bank founded in India which grew to be prominent throughout the Far East. As an Exchange bank, the OBC was primarily concerned with the finance of trade and exchanges of different currencies. It was the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong. 250
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