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The fifty-cent coin was first introduced as a .900 purity silver half dollar in 1866. These coins were 13.41 grams, with a diameter of 32 mm, thickness of 2 mm, and a reeded edge. The design was similar to the British trade dollar, except the image of Britannia was replaced by Queen Victoria. The dates of issue were 1866-67 with only 59,000 ...
The twenty-cent coin was first issued as a circular coin in 0.800 fineness silver in 1866. The overall design was changed in 1975, becoming a scallop-shaped nickel-brass coin. Fifty-cent coin: First issued by the Hong Kong government from 1866 to 1868, the fifty-cent coin contained 90% silver and had a diameter of 32mm.
50 cents is a coinage value in many systems using decimal currencies. Examples include: Australian fifty-cent coin; 50-cent piece (Canadian coin) 50 euro cent coin; Half dollar (United States coin) Half guilder coin (Netherlands) Hong Kong fifty-cent coin
50 euro cent coin; 50 Reichspfennig (World War II German coin) 50 sen coin; A. ... Hong Kong fifty-cent coin; Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar;
H. Hong Kong fifty-cent coin; Hong Kong five-cent coin; Hong Kong five-dollar coin; Hong Kong one-cent coin; Hong Kong one-dollar coin; Hong Kong one-mil coin
The Renminbi has coins of 1, 2 and 5 jiao. [1] The 2 jiao coin is no longer in circulation. The New Taiwan dollar has coins of 5 jiao (rarely used). [2] The Hong Kong dollar has coins of 1, 2 and 5 hou (known as 10, 20 and 50 cents). The Macanese pataca has coins of 1, 2 and 5 hou (known as 10, 20 and 50 avos).
The coin was a new denomination to the Hong Kong monetary system, as suggested by the Coinage Review Committee. [ 1 ] The obverse featured Queen Elizabeth II from its introduction until being replaced with the Bauhinia flower in 1993, which featured on all Hong Kong coins minted since that year.
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 in diameter and 2.08 mm thick.