Dollar (Hong Kong coin)

The one dollar coin was first issued in 1866 as a silver coin of 38 mm, 26.96 grams and 2.80mm thick. This issue lasted only three years with a reported mintage of 2,109,000 coins for all years, separate statistics of each years mintage are unavailable. The second issue was started in 1960 as a copper-nickel coin of 30 mm in diameter, 2.25 mm thick and weighing 11.66 g. The circulation of this coin was ended in 1978 with the issuance of a smaller coin of 25.50 mm in diameter, 1.95 mm thickness and weighing 7.10 g.



All issues until 1993 have the reigning British monarch and with the Chinese characters and English words for 圓 (maan) one dollar, and 香港 Hong Kong. In 1993 Queen Elizabeth the Second was replaced with the Bauhinia flower. In 1997 a commemorative issue with a Chinese unicorn, the Qilin on the reverse was issued for the handover of Hong Kong back to China.

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References

• Ma Tak Wo 2004, Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency, Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD. Kowloon, Hong Kong.ISBN 962-85939-3-5

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