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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:SB1021-71190o.jpg" title="File:SB1021-71190o.jpg">300px|thumb|Stack&#039;s Bowers October 2021 Collector&#039;s Choice sale, lot 71190</a> <a href="/index.php/File:SB1021-71190r.jpg" title="File:SB1021-71190r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 71190 in...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:SB1021-71190o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71190]]<br /> [[Image:SB1021-71190r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 71190 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &quot;HONG KONG. Cent, 1901. London Mint. Victoria. NGC MS-64 Brown. This nicely preserved near-Gem example displays a lovely combination of rich brown patina with original mint red amongst the devices.&quot; This type was struck 1863-1901 in substantial numbers but is not easy to find in nice condition. This subtype is listed for 1879-81, 1899-1901. [[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.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 5,000,000 + 10,000,000 from Heaton. <br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 7.5 g, bronze, 27.6 mm diameter.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM-4.3; Mars-C3. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br /> * ''Illustrated Catalog of Hong Kong Currency,'' Hong Kong: Mars Numismatic Co., 2012.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1900-H cent|1900-H cent]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1901 5 cents|1901 5 cents]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1901 10 cents|1901 10 cents]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1902 cent|1902 cent]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1901]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Collector's Choice sale]]</div>

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