50 Cents
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Features
| Country |
Hong Kong
(China) |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1993-2017 |
| Value | 50 Cents 0.5 HKD = 0.06 USD |
| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
| Composition | Brass plated steel |
| Weight | 4.86 g |
| Diameter | 22.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.81 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| References |
KM#
68, Standard Catalog of World Coins
Schön#
52 by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog
by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag) |
Obverse
Bauhinia or Hong Kong orchid flower
Binomial Name: Bauhinia blakeana
Lettering:
香 港
HONG KONG
Translation: Hong Kong
Joseph YAM Chi-kwong (born 1948, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. He was the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's de facto central bank, holding the position for 16 years. He designed the first "Bauhinia" coins that replaced coins bearing the Queen's Head coins in Hong Kong starting 1993.Reverse
Face value
Lettering:
伍 毫
50
2015
FIFTY CENTS
Translation: Fifty Cents
Joseph YAM Chi-kwong (born 1948, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. He was the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's de facto central bank, holding the position for 16 years. He designed the first "Bauhinia" coins that replaced coins bearing the Queen's Head coins in Hong Kong starting 1993.Edge
Reeded
Comments
Struck under reign of Elizabeth II until the handover to China in 1997
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.32 | 0.40 | 20% | ||||||
| 1993 | 1.1% | Proof | ||||||||||
| 1994 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 31% | |||||||
| 1995 | 0.24 | 12% | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.86 | 36% | ||||||
| 1998 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.84 | 55% | ||||||
| 2015 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 9% | ||||||||
| 2017 | 1.6% | |||||||||||
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