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5 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Government of Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1932-1933 |
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| Thickness | 0.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing crowned and draped bust of King George V, sculpted by Edgar Bertram MacKennal, occupying the central field. The King is depicted wearing the Imperial State Crown and robes of state with decorative collar detail. A continuous beaded border frames the design. The circular legend reads GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA, distributed around the periphery of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 1932 - - 3,000,000 1932 - Proof - 1933 - - 2,000,000 1933 - Proof - |
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Hong Kong's 5-cent silver denominations of this period were struck at the King's Norton Metal Company in Birmingham, not at a Royal Mint facility — an outsourcing arrangement driven by capacity constraints and colonial budget economics. The 1932 and 1933 dates represent the final years of small-denomination silver in Hong Kong before the colonial government began its phased withdrawal from silver coinage, a process accelerated by global silver price volatility following the abandonment of the gold standard by Britain in 1931.
The 1933 issue had a substantially lower mintage than 1932, making date attribution worth confirming before cataloging.