1866 Victoria Hong Kong Silver Half Dollar

Obverse
1866 Victoria Hong Kong Silver Half Dollar (Obverse)

Reverse
1866 Victoria Hong Kong Silver Half Dollar (Reverse)

Type Details
Country:  Hong Kong 
Period:  British Colony, Queen Victoria 
Face value:  50 Cents 
Dates:  From 1866 to 1868 
Purpose:  Circulation 
 
Obverse:  Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left 
Legend:  VICTORIA QUEEN 
 
Reverse:  Chinese maze pattern surrounded by English lettering 
Legend:  HALF DOLLAR HONG KONG 
 
Edge:  Reeded 
 
Designer(s) / Engraver(s): 
  Leonard Charles Wyon 
 
Catalogue:  KM# 8 

Currency
Unit:  Hong Kong Dollar 
System:  Decimal 
 
Fractions:  10 Mils (Wen, Ch'ien) = 1 Cent (Hsien)
10 Cents = (1 Chiao)
100 Cents = 1 Dollar (Yuan)
 
Mint Marks: 
H - Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, England
KN - King’s Norton, Birmingham, England

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Issue
Year: 
1866 
Mintage:  59,000 
Scarcity: 
 (URS17)
Valuation: 

Specifications
Total Weight:  13.5000g (0.43 Oz)  
Composition:  Silver 
Fineness:  0.9000 
Silver Content:  12.15g (0.39 Oz)  
Silver Value:  $15.84 
Alignment: 
Medal 
Diameter:  33.00mm 
Thickness:  2.00mm 

Description

Note: weight varies between 13.478 and 13.580 grams.


Value Range
Year Mintage G F VF EF AU UNC BU PF
1866 59,000 $170 $310 $560 $960 $1550 $2510 $5510
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