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Hong Kong 1905 Twenty Cents
香港一九零五年二毫銀幣
Up to forty years ago, this date was virtually unknown amongst collectors in the Colony but since that time, and with increasing interest now being shown in numismatics by more and more people, a few tenths specimens have come to light. Despite the fact that according to mintage figures this date should be about three times as common as either 1902 or 1904, this is not so, and only around twenty coins of 1905 have been located. This leads one to the con-clusion that these coins were for some reason only issued in very small quantities. The marked rarity of the ten cent coin of this date lends support to this theory.
四十年前,本港的集幣家還未發現這一年的硬幣,但從那時起,對錢幣學有興趣的人越來越多, 數十枚這種硬幣的樣本也隨之被發現。在鑄量方面,這種硬幣雖較一九零二或一九零四年所鑄的多出兩倍,理應較為普遍,但事實卻不然。這使我們得到一個結論,就是可能由於某些緣因,這種硬幣只有小量發行。同年發行的一毫硬幣,在今日亦屬罕見,也可以支持這個理論。
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