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Hong Kong Elizabeth II Type I

1964-H Five Cent

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The Hong Kong Five Cent coin was never released but struck during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and featured the Queens portrait by Cecil Thomas on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the denomination , date and country. inside a ring of dots. Outside this is the legend HONG KONG FIVE CENTS 1967. There were also proof strikes issued between 1960 and 1963.

Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain, by China, in 1842, at the conclusion of the first Opium Wars. It was later in 1898, that China handed a 99 year lease to Great Britain for Hong Kong. On 1st July, 1997, the former British colony was handed back to the Peoples Republic of China.