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<p>This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Hong_Kong_1939-KN_5_cents</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Hong Kong SA32-783o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 32, lot 783]]<br /> [[Image:Hong Kong SA32-783r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 783 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &quot;HONG KONG: George VI, 1937-1952, 5 cents, 1939-KN, PCGS graded Specimen 64, ex King's Norton Mint Collection.&quot; The Heaton mint also produced 3,090,000 five cent coins for Hong Kong in 1939. The 1941 issues are famous rarities. British coinage for Hong Kong ceased in 1997 when the island was returned to China. The bust of King George VI appears on the obverse.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 4,710,000 plus 3,090,000 from Heaton.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 2.6 g, nickel-brass, 16.5 mm diameter.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM 22. <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;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. <br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1932 5 cents|1932 5 cents]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1933 cent|1933 cent]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1938 5 cents|1938 5 cents]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1938 10 cents|1938 10 cents]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1939-KN 10 cents|1939-KN 10 cents]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong 1941-KN 5 cents|1941-KN 5 cents]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1939]]<br /> * return to coins of [[Hong Kong]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 32]]</div>

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