Hong Kong ten-dollar coin

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Ten dollars
Hong Kong
Value10.00 HKD
Mass11 g
Diameter24mm outer rim, inner rim 15.6 mm
Thickness3 mm
Edgeintermited milled
Composition Copper-nickel outer ring and Nickel-brass center plug
Years of minting1993 (proof) 1994-1997
Catalog number-
Obverse
HKD 10 Dollar Front.jpg
Design Bauhinia
DesignerJoseph Yam
Design date1992
Reverse
HKD 10 Dollar.jpg
Design10 with value in English and Chinese
DesignerJoseph Yam
Design date1992

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

Year [2] [3] Mintage[ citation needed ]
1993 ??? circulating. 30,000 proof.
1994 ??? circulating. 20,000 gold proof.
1995 ??? circulating.
1996800,000 circulating. (up to September 2014)
1997Tsing Ma Bridge commemorative. No circulation. 97,000 proof.
/// = has not been minted, ??? = unknown yet, --- = only minted for sets

References

  1. ↑ http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=img15/84-78&desc=Hong Kong km78 10 Dollars (1997) Suspension bridge&query=Hong Kong
  2. ↑ Ma Tak Wo (2004). Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency (6 ed.). Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD Kowloon Hong Kong. ISBN   962-85939-3-5.
  3. ↑ Krause, Chester L. (2001). Standard Catalog of World Coins . Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. pp.  921. ISBN   9780873418843.
Preceded by Hong Kong ten-dollar coin
1994-present		Succeeded by
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