Coins in Circulation As of 2012
Since the introduction of Octopus card in 1997, small value payments and purchases in Hong Kong are mostly done as Octopus transactions. As a result, usage of coins in Hong Kong has dropped significantly. The Hong Kong Government has not minted any new coins since 1998.
The obverse of each newest coin bears the standard bauhinia, with the word “Hong Kong” in Chinese characters and English. The reverse features the denomination in Chinese characters and English with a large Arabic numeral in the centre and the year of issue below.
| Queen Elizabeth II Series | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Description | Date of | ||||
| Obverse | Reverse | first minting | issue | |||
| 10¢ | Queen Elizabeth II, "QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND" | Value, title of the country, year of minting | 1948 | |||
| 10¢ | 1982 | |||||
| 20¢ | 1975 | |||||
| 50¢ | Queen Elizabeth II, "QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND" | Value, title of the country, year of minting | 1951 | |||
| 50¢ | Queen Elizabeth II, "QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND" | Value, title of the country, year of minting | 1977 | |||
| $1 | Queen Elizabeth II, "QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND" | Crest in the Coat of Arms of Hong Kong, value, title of the country, year of minting | 1960 | |||
| $2 | 1975 | |||||
| $5 | 1976 | |||||
| $5 | Value, title of the country, year of minting | 1980 | ||||
| Bauhinia Series | ||||||
| 10¢ | Bauhinia, "HONG KONG" | Value, year of minting | 1993 | May 1994 | ||
| 20¢ | October 1993 | |||||
| 50¢ | ||||||
| $1 | Bauhinia, "HONG KONG" | Value, year of minting | 1993 | October 1993 | ||
| $2 | January 1993 | |||||
| $5 | ||||||
| $10 | Bauhinia, "HONG KONG" | Value, year of minting | 1993 | November 1994 | ||
1867 1$ silver coin .
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