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On 17 October 1983, the Hong Kong dollar was officially pegged to the U.S. dollar at a rate of HK$7.8 = US$1, officially switching back to the currency board system. The peg of Hong Kong dollar to the U.S. dollar in 1983 actually took place in the context of Sino-British negotiation regarding the future of Hong Kong after 1997.
Present currency ISO 4217 code Country or dependency ... Hong Kong dollar [26] HKD ... Philippine peso [68] PHP
The local name of the currency is used in this list, with the adjectival form of the country or region. ... Hong Kong dollar – Hong Kong; ... Peso. Argentine peso
Hong Kong officially introduced a new series of coin on New Year's Day (1 January) 1993 at stroke of midnight HKT in denominations of 10-cent, 20-cent, 50-cent, HK$1, HK$2 and HK$10. Since the introduction of the Octopus card in 1997, small value payments and purchases in Hong Kong are mostly made as Octopus transactions.
The Hong Kong dollar is bumping against the top end of its narrow 7.75-7.85 band against the U.S. dollar and is among the best-performing currencies this year even as the city's economy struggles ...
Currency board (11) Djibouti Hong Kong ; ECCU Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Brunei ; Conventional peg (40) Aruba The Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belize
The five-dollar coin is the second-highest-denomination coin of the Hong Kong dollar.It replaced the five-dollar banknote in 1976. It was first issued as a 10-sided coin in 1976, under British rule. The coin was also made of copper-nickel but weighed 10.76 grams, was 31 mm i
Hong Kong's de facto central bank stepped into the currency market again on Saturday morning as it sought to defend the local dollar against the weakening effects of capital outflow. It was the ...