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Hong Kong 1866/5 Half Dollar
香港一八六六/五 年半圓銀幣
1866 saw the next and most important landmark in the history of Hong Kong's coinage with the opening in the Colony of a branch of the Royal Mint in Causeway Bay. A very auspicious start was made towards this end in 1866 when a range of five silver coins was struck, namely ten cents, twenty cents, half dollar and one dollar. This is a very rare 1866/5 silver half dollar, even rarer than the 1867 half dollar, one the 10 rarities of the Hong Kong regal coinage.
一八六六年,英國皇家造幣廠在香港的銅鑼灣成立了分廠，在第一年即鑄造五種不同的銀幣。它除了鑄造以前由倫敦供應的法定一毫銀幣之外，新增鑄了一元、半圓、一毫及五仙等銀幣。這是一八六五年改版為一八六六的半圓銀幣，非常罕有，比十大罕品中之一八六七半圓銀幣還罕有。
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