? The Hong Kong Two Dollar coin issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II featured the Queens portrait by Raphael Maklouf on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the denomination, date and country with a ring of dots. Outside of this is the legend HONG KONG TWO DOLLAR. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 following the First Opium War upon the Treaty of Nanjing. Prior to the war, China was exporting ...
? The 1943 is one of the easiest dates in the series with a high mintage of almost 34 million pieces and a small number of mint rolls surfacing. The date is almost always struck without significant flaws allowing for higher grade mint state pieces but by this stage the obverse dies were already quite worn and as such often lack central detail. Soft obverse of a 1943 half penny Date set collectors will have no problem obtaining this date in circulated grades ...
? obverse legend QUEEN VICTORIA reverse legend HONG KONG TEN CENTS denomination The official currency of Hong Kong was the British Pound although it was not well received by the population as the traders were used to the Chinese system of using the weight of silver for their transactions. It was the policy of the British Government to introduce sterling silver coinage to their colonies since 1825 and the Spanish and Mexican eight Reales became legal tender and set at a value of four ...
? The Chinese Zodiac is an astrological system that rotates through a twelve year lunar cycle. Each of these years is associated with an animal arranged in order from the rat through to the pig. An ancient folk story states that the order was established by a race between the animals that was orchestrated by the Jade Emperor of China. It is believed that each of these animals is associated with a set of characteristics that may serve as an astrological guide to understand the events that occur in ...
? This Athena coin was released in 2015 as part of the Perth Mint's 'Goddesses of Olympus' series. The three coin series was struck in high relief with an antiqued finish. The reverse of this particular coin features Athena wielding spear and shield with the inscription 'ATHENA.' The obverse houses the Ian Rank-Broadly portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II with the legend 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II - 2OZ 999 SILVER - 2015 TUVALU - 2 DOLLARS.' Athena was said to be the favourite daughter of Zeus. ...