1866 Hong Kong One Mil - Great Condition - UK Hong-Kong Mil 1866 - Queen Victoria - Scarcer Coin -

This listing is for the Hong Kong 1 Mil coin made to the specifications of the Chinese Cash coin.

Issuer: Hong Kong (China)
Queen: Victoria (1842-1901)
Type: Standard circulation coins
Year: 1866
Value: 1 Mil (0.001 HKD)
Currency: Dollar (1863-date)
Composition: Bronze
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Shape: Round with a round hole
Technique: Milled

Hong Kong was a British colony and later a British Dependent Territory from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty. The Qing had wanted to enforce its prohibition of opium importation within the dynasty that was being exported mostly from British India and was causing widespread addiction among the populace.