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Hong Kong with a 10 Dollar coin in 1993; Finland in 1993 with the 10 Markaa coin, Australia with commemorative 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 75, and 100 Dollar coins, the 5 Dollar being the first in 1994; Argentina with the 1 Peso coin in 1994, Kenya with the 10 Shillings in 1994; Cape Verde with a 100 Escudo coin in 1994, a 250 Escudos in 2013 and a 200 ...
The Philippine peso is derived from the Spanish dollar or pieces of eight brought over in large quantities by the Manila galleons of the 16th to 19th centuries. From the same Spanish peso or dollar is derived the various pesos of Latin America, the dollars of the US and Hong Kong, as well as the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen.
A groove running within the milled edging contains raised English and Chinese characters, which read "Hong Kong Five Dollars". The $1 and 50¢ coins have simple milled edges. The $2 and 20¢ coins have scalloped edges. The 10¢ coin has a plain edge. Under Hong Kong law (sections 98 – 102 of Cap. 200), anyone who makes or possesses or ...
Hong Kong issued a ten-sided 5 dollar coin from 1976 to 1979, [34] while the Philippines issued ten-sided two piso (peso) coins from 1983 to 1990. [35] Some other countries that have issued ten-sided circulation coins are Chile, [ 36 ] the Dominican Republic, [ 37 ] Jamaica [ 38 ] and Madagascar.
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. Due to the lack of public confidence in the talks, on 24 September 1983, the Hong Kong dollar was devalued by 15% over 2 days to a historical low at HK$9.6 to US$1.
Concurrent with these events is the establishment of the Casa de Moneda de Manila in the Philippines in 1857, the mintage starting 1861 of gold 1, 2 and 4 peso coins according to Spanish standards (the 4-peso coin being 6.766 grams of 0.875 gold), and the mintage starting 1864 of fractional 50-, 20- and 10-céntimo silver coins also according ...
There's no shortage of interesting, old and rare European coins capable of commanding big money at auction -- but are any actually still in circulation and not being handled by private collectors ...
Hong Kong two-dollar coin; Media in category "Coins of Hong Kong" The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. H. File:Hk1dollarcoina.JPG;