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Burning down old ten-dollar notes
The Hong Kong government gradually replaced paper money in lower denominations with coins since the 1960s in view of the former's shorter life-span. This photo shows the HSBC (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) staff burning down old ten-dollar notes.
Date 1960s Object Note Material Type Image Collection Hong Kong Currency Source Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: T(1)15 Repository Information Services Department Photographic Library Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department Accession No. lcs-curr-0012 Copyright © 2012 Hong Kong Memory. All rights reserved.
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