? The Hong Kong Five 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 FIVE CENTS. There was also a five cent proof struck in 1988. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 following the First Opium War upon the Treaty of ...
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? In addition to striking the new Kruger Gray designs, an interesting numismatic development started to unfold. The Melbourne mint was to strike proof coins for all denominations, available directly to collectors at one shilling above face value , starting in 1937 with the crown or five shillings piece. This was to continue into 1938 but was scrapped in 1939 with only the half penny being struck for the public that year due to the financial stress of the outbreak of World ...
? The 1917-M Threepence was the second of its series to be produced at the Melbourne Mint in Australia. The total mintage for the piece was 3,808,500 which quite typical for the series. Collectors will find this a quite affordable year with mint-state examples obtainable in the low hundreds. In higher mint-states the year can be become very valuable but remains more affordable than similar grades in most earlier years. Melbourne 'M' mint-mark on a 1917-M threepence. ...