MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1993
SECOND LOT OF 1993 UNCIRCULATED COIN SETS
IN VIEW OF THE KEEN PUBLIC DEMAND FOR THE HONG KONG 1993 COMMEMORATIVE COIN COLLECTIONS,
AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 SETS OF BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COINS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND WILL BE PUT ON SALE FROM MAY.
"ALL OF THE LIMITED EDITION PROOF COIN SETS AVAILABLE TO HONG KONG LAST MONTH WERE SOLD WITHIN 10 DAYS," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE OFFICE OF THE EXCHANGE FUND SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
"BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DEMAND FOR THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN COLLECTIONS ON WHICH THERE IS NO PRODUCTION LIMIT, AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 SETS ARE BEING STRUCK BY THE BRITISH ROYAL MINT, HE ADDED.
DATED 1993, THE SEVEN COINS IN EACH SET ARE AND CAREFULLY SELECTED. THEY COME PROTECTED AND HANDSOME PRESENTATION FOLDER.
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"THE ISSUE OF THE COIN COLLECTIONS IS ΤΟ INTRODUCTION OF NEW-DESIGNED COINS FEATURING A BAUHINIA FLOWER, WHICH ARE GRADUALLY REPLACING THE TERRITORY'S PRESENT CIRCULATED COINS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE UNCIRCULATED SETS, PRICED AT $128 EACH, WILL BE ON SALE FROM MAY AT DESIGNATED BRANCHES OF HONGKONG BANK AND THE OVERSEAS TRUST BANK.
"FURTHER PUBLICITY WILL BE ARRANGED NEARER THE TIME, HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE 1988 COIN COLLECTIONS HAS BEEN REKINDLED.
ALL 1988 PROOF COIN SETS HAVE NOW BEEN SOLD, QUANTITY OF THE 1988 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED SETS ARE AT THE FOLLOWING BANKS:
WHILE A SMALL STILL AVAILABLE
HONGKONG BANK:
MAIN OFFICE IN CENTRAL, AND BRANCHES AT MONG BAY (PATERSON STREET), KOWLOON HOTEL (21 NATHAN ROAD) AND WAYFOONG HOUSE (82-84 NATHAN ROAD).
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OVERSEAS TRUST BANK:
BRANCHES AT GLOUCESTER ROAD, YUEN LONG AND KOWLOON (524 NATHAN ROAD).
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