Hong Kong 1898 5 cents
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This specimen was lot 71590 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "HONG KONG. 5 Cents, 1898. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-67 Gold Shield. KM-5. Tied for the second finest certified by PCGS for the year. Lightly toned with cartwheel luster." Hong Kong was seized by the British from China in 1842 and held by them until its return in 1997. In Hong Kong, 100 cents = one dollar; sterling coinage was never used there. This type was struck at the Royal Mint 1872-1901 and this date is listed as common in all grades.
Recorded mintage: 3,500,000.
Specification: 1.35 g, 0.800 fine silver, .035 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 5; Mars-C8.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Illustrated Catalog of Hong Kong Currency, Hong Kong: Mars Numismatic Co., 2012.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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