5 Dollars 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 | 5 Dollars 5 HKD = USD 0.64 |
| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 13.5 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Thickness | 3.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 5281 |
| References | KM# 77 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Retrocession to China
Obverse
Bauhinia or Hong Kong orchid flower (Binomial Name: Bauhinia blakeana) above the issuer name
Scripts: Chinese, Latin
Lettering:
香 港
HONG KONG
Translation:
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Engraver: Joseph Yam
Reverse
A rounded version of the character Shou meaning longevity is surrounded by the five bats - harbingers of the Five blessings or Five Happinesses namely: long life, wealth, health, love of virtue and death coming only after achieving one's destiny
Scripts: Chinese, Latin
Lettering:
伍 5 圓
19 97
FIVE DOLLARS
Translation:
Five Dollars
1997
Five Dollars
Engraver: Elizabeth Haddon-Cave
Edge
Security edge with lettering
Script: Latin
Lettering: HONG KONG FIVE DOLLARS 香 港 伍 圓
Translation: Hong Kong Five Dollars Five Dollars
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Mint
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)Present in sets
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
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| 1997 | $ 2.00 | $ 2.00 | $ 2.00 | $ 3.50 | 91% | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 97 000 | $ 3.50 | Proof | 11% | |||||||||||
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