Hong Kong 1931 cent
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This specimen was lot 2571 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $96. The catalog description[1] noted, "HONG KONG: George V, 1910-1936, AE cent, 1931, full red obverse, NGC graded MS65 RB." British coinage for Hong Kong ceased in 1997 when the island was returned to China. The bust of King George V appears on the obverse. This type was struck 1931-34 and is common. It replaced the preceding large cent of 1923-26. The denomination was suspended in 1941 with the Japanese occupation.
Recorded mintage: 5,000,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 1.95 g, bronze, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-17.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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