Hong Kong 1867 1 dollar

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from the Yuan Collection
from the Yuan Collection

The British set up a mint in Hong Kong in 1866 which struck mils through dollars. It does not seem to have been a success as the mint was closed in 1868. The mint machinery is reported to have been sold to the Osaka Mint in Japan, where it proceeded to strike one Yen and Japanese Trade Dollars. In 1872, Hong Kong began receiving coins from the Heaton mint and in 1873 from the Royal mint. The production of dollars resumed in 1895, this time from the Bombay and Calcutta mints in India, using a standing Britannia design with no reference to Hong Kong. All Hong Kong dollars are scarce.

Recorded mintage: 2,108,000 for 1866-68.

Specification: 26.96-27.25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 0.780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 10.

Source:

  • Illustrated Catalog of Hong Kong Currency, Hong Kong: Mars Numismatic Co., 2012.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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