20 Cents - Special Administration Region

20 Cents - (Special Administration Region) - obverse20 Cents - (Special Administration Region) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Hong Kong (China)
Period Special Administrative Region (1997-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
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
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.

Commemorative issue

Retrocession to China

Obverse

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

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

Lettering:
貳 20 毫
19 97
TWENTY CENTS

Translation:
Twenty Cents
1997
Twenty Cents

Engraver: Lady Haddon-Cave

Edge

Smooth

Mint

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

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1997  $ 1.10 $ 1.10 $ 1.10 $ 1.40 94%
1997  $ 1.60 7% Proof

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