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QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND HONG – KONGFIFTY CENTS####
Designer: Arnold Machin
Inner Rim Shape: Circle
Perimeter Decoration: Denticulated
Inner Rim Shape: Circle
Perimeter Decoration: Denticulated

General

WCDB ID
650
Country
Flag: Hong Kong Hong Kong
Denomination
50 cents
Value
1⁄2 Hong Kong dollar (HKD)
Dates
AD1977 - 1980

Physical

Shape
Circle
Mass
4.90 g
Diameter
22.50 mm
Thickness
1.70 mm
Composition
79% Cu, 20% Zn, 1% Ni
Color
Yellow / Gold Yellow / Gold
Magnetic
No

Design

Orientation
Medallic: ↑ ↑
Edge
Milled/reeded
Tags
Arnold Machin Portrait of 37-Year-Old Elizabeth II Dot / Interpoint / Interpunct 6-Petalled Flower

References

Wikipedia
Coins of the Hong Kong dollar
Krause-Mischler
KM# 41
Numista
N# 915

Related Coins

Concurrent
10 cents : KM# 28.2 (1956 - 1980)