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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26588007, member: 135271&quot;]I bought this one mainly for the charming portrait and the attractively toned surfaces. Not an expensive purchase, but a happy one! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like that reverse die was just about ready to disintegrate! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1694126[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>BRITISH HONG KONG</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Victoria, 1837-1901</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>CU Cent (27.5mm, 7.53g, 12h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Dated 1876. Royal mint, London, UK</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust of Queen Victoria left</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: Chinese value within beaded circle; HONG – KONG above, * ONE CENT 1876 * below</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: Numista 5657</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Mintage: 1,000,000</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Attractively toned copper surfaces with worn highlights.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hong Kong came under British rule in 1841 in the aftermath of the First Opium War, which was fought by the British (notably the East India Company) in order to protect their highly lucrative trade of opium in China. In 1842 the Treaty of Nanking was signed, which ceded Hong Kong in perpetuity to the British. Control of the territory remained in British hands until 1997.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Thanks for taking a look! Feel free to comment and/or share your own coins of British Hong Kong or whatever else you feel like!</b></i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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