fineness, with a
design similar to that
of the dollar
I heir
Lordships will
request the Secretary of State
for the
Colonies to procure from Hong-Kong the
proper inscription in Chinese
for the
twenty cent piece namely
ohe
for
the
the
wowdy
and
fifth of a dollar_ 20 cents
cent piece "I we cent'
for the frie
as requested.
Their Lordships desire
me
to
convey to you
Their authority to
provide dies for the Halfe dollar,
(50 cent) Twenty cent
piece and Five
cent piece in the Hong Kong Coinage,
at the expense of the Government of
Hong Kong.
(~2) G. Hamilton
Copy
Ser br 977/14 Royal Mint
13 January 1866
179
Reply
to
the
letter)
addressed to
you
by
Sir Frederic
Rogers dated the 6th inst. cnclousing &
Copy of
Despatch from the Officer
administering the Government of Hong Kong enclosing.
Cl
Letter from
the
Master of the Mint
on the subject of coining half and quarter
dollars in that
Colony I have
to report as follows,
The series of
Coins
on
the
dollar basis to be prepared for
Hong Kong is
an important subject
and has been carefully considered here. The subsidiary pieces already
ordered
and issued are (1) (2) One Cent
both
in
bronze and
(3) a Ten Cent piece in
Silver
fabricated
G. A. Hamilton