Coat of Arms of England, Scotland, and Ireland (consisting of lions and a harp) within crowned collar inscribed with a Latin motto, all with fineness and weight below and surrounded by English legend.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
ONE TAEL - SHANGHAI
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
982 G566
HONG KONG
1867 (Translation: Shame be to him who thinks evil of it)
Reverse description
Dragon within circle surrounded by rays and four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Reverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Reverse lettering
壹
海 上
両 (Translation: Yi Liang Shang Hai 1 Tael / Shanghai)