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20 Cents - Edward VII
| Issuer | Government of Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1902-1905 |
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| Value | 20 Cents (0.20 HKD) |
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| Obverse lettering | EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Edward VII's Hong Kong 20-cent pieces were struck at the Royal Mint, London during a period when the colony's monetary system was under genuine pressure from fluctuating silver prices in global markets. The shift to .800 fineness — down from the .900 standard of earlier Victoria-era issues — was a deliberate response to rising silver values that made full-fineness coins economically impractical to keep in circulation without immediate melting.
The KM#14 type spans only four years before being superseded. Coins dated 1905 are notably scarcer than the 1902 issue by mintage.