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10 Cents - Victoria Trial Strike
| Issuer | Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and crowned effigy of Queen Victoria facing left, rendered in the Gothic style. The queen wears a small crown atop her veiled head, with her hair neatly arranged. The legend VICTORIA QUEEN runs along the upper periphery in Latin script. The portrait is executed in fine relief characteristic of mid-19th century Royal Mint engraving. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination TEN CENTS is displayed in two lines at the centre of the field, enclosed within a wreath of laurel or floral sprays tied at the base. The legend HONG-KONG arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1862 appearing in the lower exergual area. Stops and hyphens punctuate the inscriptions in keeping with colonial British coinage conventions of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1862 - KM#Pn48; - 1862 - KM#Pn49; Bronze, similar to KM#Pn48, - 1862 - KM#Pn50; Silver Gilt, similar to KM#Pn48, Uniface - |
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