50 Cents

Features

Issuer	Hong Kong (China)
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-1997)
Period	Special Administrative Region (1997-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1993-2017
Value	50 Cents 0.50 HKD = USD 0.06
Currency	Dollar (1863-date)
Composition	Brass plated steel
Weight	4.86 g
Diameter	22.5 mm
Thickness	1.81 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	October 1993
Number	N# 1578
References	KM# 68 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 52 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Bauhinia or Hong Kong orchid flower (Binomial Name: Bauhinia blakeana) above the issuer name

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin

Lettering:
香港
HONG KONG

Translation: Hong Kong

Engraver: Joseph Yam

Reverse

Face value in numerals above the date, with the denomination in Latin at the bottom

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin

Lettering:
伍毫
50
2015
FIFTY CENTS

Translation: Fifty Cents

Engraver: Joseph Yam

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

This coin was initially struck under the reign of Elizabeth II and continued to be struck during and after the handover to China in 1997.

Present in sets

1993 Hong Kong Brilliant Uncirculated Coin Collection

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1993	$ 0.12	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.26	$ 0.43	$ 0.43	$ 1.60		21%
1993								Proof	0.7%
1994	$ 0.07	$ 0.08	$ 0.17	$ 0.23	$ 0.29	$ 0.43	$ 0.93		30%
1995		$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.26	$ 0.35				12%
1997	$ 0.08	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.82	$ 0.95		35%
1998	$ 0.14	$ 0.14	$ 0.21	$ 0.23	$ 0.29	$ 0.35	$ 1.00		54%
2015		$ 0.04	$ 0.07	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.63		11%
2017					$ 0.07	$ 0.07	$ 0.87		3%

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