Hong Kong 1905 5 cents
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This specimen was lot 1908 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "HONG KONG: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR 5 cents, 1905, a lovely lustrous example! NGC graded MS63." 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 1903-05. The next issue would be in 1932.
Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.
Specification: 1.36 g, 0.800 fine silver, 15.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-12.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Illustrated Catalog of Hong Kong Currency, Hong Kong: Mars Numismatic Co., 2012.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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