Hong Kong 1919-H cent
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This specimen was lot 71030 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "HONG KONG. Cent, 1919-H. Heaton Mint. PCGS MS-63 Brown Gold Shield. A rather deep chocolate brown example offering pleasing surfaces and some hints of peripheral red on each side." This type is the last large cent struck for Hong Kong. It was issued 1919, 1923-26, and the 1919 is the best date.
Recorded mintage: 2,500,000.
Specification: 7.5 g, bronze, 27.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-16; Mars-C5.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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