? 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 ...
? The 1998 fifty cent piece was issued as part of the 'Milestones' set in the Royal Australian Mint's Masterpieces in Silver collection. The reverse features the Kruger Gray reverse design used on the 1937 Crown. The obverse features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II with the legend
? The 1927 Half Penny is one of the more common half pennies of the 1920s especially if sought in the lower mint state grades. With just over 3 million pieces struck solely at the Melbourne mint, obtaining the coin in circulated grades does not pose any significant challenge. Collectable examples of the date tend to range from AU58 to MS64 though obtaining the coin with any significant amount of mint brilliance does represent quite a challenge with very few certified examples thus far. ...
? The obverse of this one cent pattern coin is Type A. The legend reads VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F:D. The reverse shows a wreath inside the legend HONG KONG 186 2. The heads side of the coinThe inscription around the inner edge of the coinThe tails side of the coin
? The Type II ten cent was issued from 1985 up until 1998 and featured the new Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with Stuart Devlin's superb lyrebird design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found near the foot of the lyrebird. The series was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian Mint in a cupro-nickel alloy with an additional silver proof produced in 1991 as part of the year's Masterpieces in Silver set. ...