? The reverse ram design continued into this type right up until the introduction of decimal currency with the conclusion of the shilling series in 1963. This type features a slightly reworded obverse legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D , due to the public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI DEF .Several mint rolls have appeared from all dates in the 1960s, a few 1959 rolls, and a substantial hoard of 1957 shillings has turned up . All other dates are quite ...
? This one dollar silver coin has the portrait of Queen Victoria facing left on the obverse with the legend VICTORIA QUEEN HONG KONG ONE DOLLAR 1864. The reverse shows four Chinese characters in a circle with an oak wreath. The heads side of the coinThe inscription around the inner edge of the coinThe tails side of the coin
? Pattern number 125 in Krause catalogue. The portrait has 15 pearls.
? The 2010 Chinese Year of the Tiger began on the 14th February but the real Chinese year is 4708. It is normally the darkest day of the month that the Chinese year will start and Chinese people celebrate up until the brightest day of the month around two weeks later. This particular tiger year is fused with the element Metal and will only do so every 60 years. Some famous people born in the tiger year are Ludwig van Beethoven, Marco Polo and Karl Marx . The Chinese Year of ...
? The Hong Kong Ten Cent coin issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II featured the Queens portrait by Cecil Thomas on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the denomination, date and country. inside a ring of dots. Outside this is the legend HONG KONG TEN CENTS. There were also proof strikes issued between 1955 and 1963. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 following the First Opium War upon the Treaty ...