2 Dollars

2 Dollars - obverse2 Dollars - reverse

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Features

Issuer Hong Kong (China)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1997)
Period Special Administrative Region (1997-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1993-2019
Value 2 Dollars
2 HKD = USD 0.26
Currency Dollar (1863-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 8.4 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness 2.03 mm
Shape Scalloped (with 12 notches)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 1582
References KM# 64,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 54
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Bauhinia or Hong Kong orchid flower (Binomial Name: Bauhinia blakeana)

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin

Lettering:
香 港
HONG KONG

Translation: Hong Kong

Engraver: Joseph Yam Read more on Wikipedia

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

The value in numerals above the date, with the denomination in Latin below

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin

Lettering:
貳 圓
2
1994
TWO DOLLARS

Translation: Two Dollars

Engraver: Joseph Yam Read more on Wikipedia

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

Plain

Mint

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

Comments

This coin was initially struck under the reign of Elizabeth II and continues to be struck since the handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997, as a Special Administrative Region ((SAR) - same as Macau).

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1993  $ 0.32 $ 0.32 $ 0.32 $ 0.54 $ 0.70 $ 0.72 $ 1.50 39%
1993  1.7% Proof
1994  $ 0.23 $ 0.30 $ 0.32 $ 0.35 $ 0.73 $ 1.50 28%
1995  $ 0.20 $ 0.20 $ 0.20 $ 0.64 $ 0.64 $ 0.64 $ 0.64 24%
1997  $ 0.25 $ 0.25 $ 0.54 $ 0.63 $ 0.65 26%
1998  $ 0.23 $ 0.31 $ 0.40 $ 0.47 $ 0.69 $ 1.50 $ 1.50 35%
2012  80 000 000 $ 0.13 $ 0.31 $ 0.31 $ 0.33 13%
2013  $ 0.29 $ 0.36 $ 0.64 $ 0.95 $ 0.95 11%
2015  $ 0.48 $ 0.48 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 7%
2017  $ 0.25 2%
2019  0.4%

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