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香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1976
GOLD COINS TO MARK YEAR OF THE SNAKE
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT A LEGAL TENDER $1,000 GOLD COIN WILL BE ISSUED TO MARK THE COMING LUNAR NEW YEAR - THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE,
THIS IS THE SECOND OF A SERIES THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ISSUE OF 12 UNIQUE GOLD COINS EACH DEPICTING ONE OF THE 12 ANIMALS TRADITIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF PARTICULAR LUNAR YEARS. THE FIRST WAS ISSUED EARLY THIS YEAR TO MARK THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.
THE OTHER ELEVEN ANIMALS IN THEIR ORDER ARE THE SNAKE, HORSE, GOAT, MONKEY, COCKEREL, DOG, PIG, RAT, OX, TIGER AND RABBIT.
THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE FALLS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 18, 1977 AND FEBRUARY 6, 1978. THE SNAKE 13, THEREFORE, THE BIRTHDAY ANIMAL FOR THOSE BORN BETWEEN THESE DATES.
THE SNAKE ALSO RULED OVER THE FOLLOWING PERIODS: FEBRUARY 4, 1905 TO JANUARY 24, 1906- JANUARY 23, 1917 TO FEBRUARY 10, 1918- FEBRUARY 10, 1929 TO JANUARY 29, 1930 JANUARY 27, 1941 TO FEBRUARY 14, 1942- FÉBRUARY 14, 1953 TO FEBRUARY 2, 1954- FEBRUARY 2, 1965 TO JANUARY 20, 1966.
SIMILAR TO THE DRAGON COIN WHICH WAS HEAVILY OVERSUBSCRIBED.
ED, THE QUANTITY OF SNAKE COINS STRUCK WILL BE ABSOLUTELY LIMITED, A MAXIMUM OF 10,000 PROOF COINS AND 20,000 UNCIRCULATED COINS WILL BE MADE FOR SALE WORLD WIDE.
EACH COIN IS MADE OF 22 CARAT GOLD WITH A STANDARD WEIGHT OF 15.976 GRAMMES AND A DIAMETER OF 28.4 MM (1.118 INCHES). IT HAS A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN ON THE OBVERSE SIDE AND A PICTURE OF THE SNAKE ON THE REVERSE.
EACH
THEY MAY BE BOUGHT IN BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION AT THEIR FACE VALUE OF $1,000 OR IN PROOF QUALITY AT $1,500, COIN WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH A DESCRIPTIVE BOOKLET AND PACKAGED IN AN ATTRACTIVE PRESENTATION CASE.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE INVITED SOME TIME IN DECEMBER/JANUARY FOR THE GOLD COINS, WHICH SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BEFORE THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE ACTUALLY BEGINS.
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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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