Live auction - fwo_471119 - HONG KONG 5 Cents Victoria 1889

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MS65

Estimate :	300 €
Price :	150 €
Maximum bid :	155 €
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 19:04:28
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : 5 Cents Victoria

Date: 1889

Quantity minted : 5169000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,35 g.

Edge : striée

Slab

PCGS : MS65

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est sous coque PCGS PL

Catalogue references :

KM.19/5

Obverse

Obverse legend : VICTORIA - QUEEN.

Obverse description : Tête couronnée à gauche de la reine Victoria.

Obverse translation : (Victoria, reine).

Reverse

Reverse legend : HONG - KONG . FIVE CENTS 1889.

Reverse description : Légende chinoise dans un cercle perlée.

Commentary

Suite à la première guerre de l’opium (1839-1842), le traité de Nankin entérine la cession par la Chine de Hong Kong au Royaume Uni. Les conventions signées en 1860 (Kowloon) et 1898 (New Territories) élargissent le territoire de la colonie britannique. Le 1er juillet 1997, la colonie est rétrocédée à la République Populaire de Chine..
Following the First Opium War (1839-1842), the Treaty of Nanking confirmed China's transfer of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom. The treaties signed in 1860 (Kowloon) and 1898 (New Territories) expanded the territory of the British colony. On July 1, 1997, the colony was returned to the People's Republic of China.