Hong Kong 1901 10 cents
This specimen was lot 72295 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, ""HONG KONG. 10 Cents, 1901. Victoria. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. Exceedingly lustrous and brilliant, this Near Gem offers captivating radiance along with a handsome light golden tone." 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. In 1872, Hong Kong began receiving ten cent coins from the Heaton mint and in 1869 from the Royal mint. This type was minted steadily until the queen's death in 1901 and it is common in all grades. This "Gothic" bust of the queen was used on the cent and ten cents and a more conventional bare bust on the five, twenty and fifty cents.
Recorded mintage: 25,000,000.
Specification: 2.71 g, 0.800 fine silver, .069 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-6.3; Mars-C18.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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