This listing is for the photographed 1889 Great Britain Hong-Kong Silver 5 Cents, as pictured.
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.
Issuer Hong Kong (China)
Queen Victoria (1842-1901)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1866-1901
Value 5 Cents (0.05 HKD)
Currency Dollar (1863-date)
Composition Silver (.800)
Weight 1.3577 g
Diameter 15.53 mm
Thickness 0.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
