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20 Cents - Special Administration Region
Issuer | Hong Kong |
Year | 1997 |
Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
Value | 20 Cents |
Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
Composition | Nickel brass |
Weight | 2.6 g |
Dimensions | 19 mm |
Thickness | 1.3 mm |
Shape and Technique | Scalloped (with 12 notches) Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Engraver(s) | Obverse: Joseph Yam Reverse: Lady Haddon-Cave |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | KM#73 |
Obverse description | Bauhinia or Hong Kong orchid flower (Binomial Name: Bauhinia blakeana) |
Obverse script | |
Obverse lettering | 香 港
HONG KONG (Translation: Hong Kong Hong Kong) |
Reverse description | Two butterfly kites, with their tails knotted together, the butterfly being the symbol of joy and conjugal felicity |
Reverse script | |
Reverse lettering | 貳 20 毫
19 97
TWENTY CENTS (Translation: Twenty Cents 1997 Twenty Cents) |
Edge | Smooth |
Mint | |
Mintage | 1997 - - 1997 - Proof -
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Catalog ID | 1740342790 |
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