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[1] The reverse featured the Chinese characters and English words for 圓 ( yùhn ) one dollar, and 香港 Hong Kong , as well as an image of an English crowned lion in the centre. In 1993 the portrait of Elizabeth II was replaced with the Bauhinia flower, this design is used to the present day but its first year's issue was made of nickel ...
The one dollar note was first issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from 1872 to 1935. No other bank issued this denomination. No other bank issued this denomination. In 1935 the Government of Hong Kong took over the issuing and became the sole issuer for this denomination.
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.
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.
The one thousand-dollar note is the highest-valued banknote in circulation in Hong Kong.Currently, this note is issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Standard Chartered Hong Kong, and the Bank of China.
Hong Kong dollar banknotes in everyday circulation are issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. Although it is common practice for most Hong Kong businesses to reject $1,000 notes due to the risk of counterfeit money. [1]
The Hong Kong dollar continued to be used as its sole currency, and the responsibility of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. [79] The Bank of China had already started issuing banknotes in 1994. [80] Hong Kong continued to operate as a separate customs territory from mainland China under Article 116 of the Basic Law. [81]
H. Hong Kong fifty-dollar note; Hong Kong five hundred-dollar note; Hong Kong five-cent note; Hong Kong five-dollar note; Hong Kong one hundred and fifty-dollar note
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