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Highest-valued current denomination of Hong Kong currency
Ten dollars
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Value
| 10.00
HKD
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Mass
| 11 g
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Diameter
| 24mm outer rim, inner rim 15.6 mm
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Thickness
| 3 mm
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Edge
| intermited milled
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Composition
| Copper-nickel
outer ring and
Nickel-brass
center plug
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Years of minting
| 1993 (proof) 1994-1997
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Catalog number
| -
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Design
| Bauhinia
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Designer
| Joseph Yam
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Design date
| 1992
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Design
| 10 with value in English and Chinese
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Designer
| Joseph Yam
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Design date
| 1992
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The
ten-dollar coin
is the highest-valued circulating coin issued in
Hong Kong
.
It circulates alongside the
ten dollar banknote
. It was first issued for circulation in 1994 to replace the $10 note, but the coin was not minted after 1997 and the
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
chose instead to reissue banknotes in 2002. A commemorative issue featuring the
Tsing Ma Bridge
was released in 1997 for
the handover
of Hong Kong to
China
. It was issued in uncirculated and proof sets.
[1]
It is Hong Kong's only bi-metallic coin.
Mintage
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edit
]
Year
[2]
[3]
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Mintage
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1993
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??? circulating. 30,000 proof.
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1994
|
??? circulating. 20,000 gold proof.
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1995
|
??? circulating.
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1996
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800,000 circulating. (up to September 2014)
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1997
|
Tsing Ma Bridge commemorative. No circulation. 97,000 proof.
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/// = has not been minted, ??? = unknown yet, --- = only minted for sets
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References
[
edit
]
- Ma Tak Wo 2004, Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency, Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD Kowloon Hong Kong.
ISBN
962-85939-3-5
Preceded by
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Hong Kong ten-dollar coin
1994-present
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Succeeded by
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Hong Kong currency
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Topics
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Coinage
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Banknotes
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Banknote issuers
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