20 Cents Special Administration Region
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Features
| Issuer |
Hong Kong
(China)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Special Administrative Region (1997-date)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1997 |
| Value | 20 Cents 0.20 HKD = USD 0.026 |
| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
| Composition | Nickel brass |
| Weight | 2.6 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
| Shape | Scalloped (with 12 notches) |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 5276 |
| References | KM# 73 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Retrocession to China
Obverse
Bauhinia or Hong Kong orchid flower (Binomial Name: Bauhinia blakeana)
Scripts: Chinese, Latin
Lettering:
香 港
HONG KONG
Translation:
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Engraver: Joseph Yam
Reverse
Two butterfly kites, with their tails knotted together, the butterfly being the symbol of joy and conjugal felicity
Scripts: Chinese, Latin
Lettering:
貳 20 毫
19 97
TWENTY CENTS
Translation:
Twenty Cents
1997
Twenty Cents
Engraver: Elizabeth Haddon-Cave
Edge
Plain
Mint
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)Present in sets
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.20 | $ 1.40 | 94% | ||||||||||
| 1997 | $ 1.70 | Proof | 7% | ||||||||||||
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