The Hong Kong Ten 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. inside a ring of dots. Outside this is the legend
HONG KONG TEN CENTS 1971. Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain, by China, back 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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