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Hong Kong 1941 One Cent Copper Coin
香港一九四一年一仙銅幣
Two separate consignments of these coins left the United Kingdom by ship towards the end of 1941. One shipment is reported to have been recalled en route, whilst the fate of the other is not known. Recently, however, a few of these coins have come to light from Japanese sources, so that it now seems reasonable to assume that the second consignment fell into the hands of the Japanese, who, following their practice at that time, melted the coins down for war purposes. Fortunately for collectors, a few of them apparently escaped that fate, and during the past years about a few tenths specimens have come to light.
一九四一年底,有兩批這種硬幣經船由英國運出,一艘據報是原船中途撤回,而另一艘則下落不明。直至最近, 有一些這種硬幣於日本發現,所以其中第二批似乎落在日本人手中,他們照例把這些硬幣融解,以作戰爭上的用途。幸好有一小量未遭到同樣的命運,在近年來,已有約十多枚樣本被發現。
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