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1 Dollar - Victoria Pattern
| Issuer | Hong Kong Government |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 HKD) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and crowned effigy of Queen Victoria facing left, rendered in high relief after the style of William Wyon. The portrait is encircled by a continuous legend reading VICTORIA QUEEN. HONG KONG. ONE DOLLAR. 1864, all within a beaded border. The bust features fine drapery detail and the Queen's characteristic young-portrait diadem crown. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing Chinese characters denoting the denomination and issuer, arranged within an ornamental wreath border composed of floral and foliate elements. The design is executed in a hybrid Eastern-Western style typical of mid-Victorian colonial coinage, with the wreath framing the Chinese inscription in a symmetrical, formal composition. |
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