The Hong Kong Fifty Cent coin issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II featured the Queens portrait by Arnold Machin
on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN
ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the
denomination, date and country in the centre along with the legend HONG KONG FIFTY
CENTS.
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.
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