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1 Cent - George VI
| Issuer | Government of Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features four large Chinese characters (香港一仙, meaning 'Hong Kong One Cent') arranged within a raised inner beaded circle, occupying the majority of the field. The outer legend, running along the upper periphery, reads '• HONG – KONG •' flanked by raised dots, with 'ONE CENT' at the lower left and the date '1941' at the lower right, all separated by a beaded inner border. The entire design is enclosed within a fine milled outer rim. |
| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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By 1941, Hong Kong's bronze coinage was already operating on borrowed time. The Japanese invasion in December of that year effectively ended British colonial minting operations, and most circulating coin was either hoarded, melted, or lost during the occupation. The 1941 cent is the final year of this type under George VI before the colony fell, and surviving examples in decent condition are genuinely scarce — not because mintages were low, but because the chaos of war was hard on small-denomination bronze.