Hong Kong 1979 2 dollars

Stephen Album sale 32, lot 787

This specimen was lot 787 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HONG KONG: Elizabeth II, 1952-1997, 2 dollars, 1979, PCGS graded Specimen 65, ex King's Norton Mint Collection." This type was struck 1975-84 and is common in all grades. It was the first issue of the denomination and must have filled a need, as two dollar coins were issued until the end of the colonial regime.

Recorded mintage: 9,032,000.

Specification: 8.40 g, copper-nickel, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-37.

Source:

• 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 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

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• 1979 50 cents
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• 1980 2 dollars
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