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1 Tael - Victoria Trial Strike
| Issuer | Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Engraver(s) | Leonard Charles Wyon |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Queen Victoria, laureate and wearing a wreath of leaves with her hair gathered in a chignon secured by a ribbon. The effigy is set within a distinctive decorative border of Greek key (meander) pattern, itself enclosed by a beaded inner circle and a finely reeded outer rim. The legend VICTORIA arcs above and QUEEN below, divided by the Greek key border, all rendered in raised Latin capitals. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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