Hong Kong dollars

Currency code: ISO 4217 — HKD (344); symbol — $
Issuer: Three note-issuing banks (HSBC, Standard Chartered, Bank of China (Hong Kong)) under the supervision of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
Banknote denominations: 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 Hong Kong dollars
Notes: The HK$10 note is issued directly by the Government of Hong Kong; the remaining denominations are issued by three private banks whose designs differ, though the underlying security technologies are unified.

Banknote Security Features

1. Watermark — the denomination or an ornamental pattern, visible when held to light.
2. A security thread embedded in the paper or polymer, printed with the denomination in microtext.
3. A window with a colour-shifting image (both colour and pattern change when tilted).
4. A holographic stripe or patch on the higher-denomination notes.
5. Intaglio (raised) printing of the text and design.
6. UV-luminescent security elements and paper fibres.
7. Microprinting along the border and around the central image.