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5 Cents - George VI
| Issuer | Government of Hong Kong |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on white paper, the obverse bears a portrait vignette of King George VI in military uniform at the right, with Chinese characters for the denomination (伍分) in guilloche oval panels at the left and lower corners. The central text panel carries the legal tender clause in English and the denomination FIVE CENTS with Chinese equivalent, beneath the bilingual title GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG / 香港政府 at the top. A signature appears above the designation FINANCIAL SECRETARY at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing plain white paper with no design elements, text, or vignettes. |
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This 5 Cent note was part of a British Military Administration emergency issue prepared for Hong Kong's liberation from Japanese occupation in August 1945. The colony had operated under Japanese military scrip since 1942, and returning British authorities needed circulating currency quickly — small denominations especially, since the pre-war coinage had largely disappeared from circulation.
The series was printed in advance of the handover and introduced alongside the reestablishment of civilian banking. At the lowest denomination, these notes absorbed enormous transactional wear and survival rates are accordingly poor.