SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1993
MORE 1993 UNCIRCULATED COIN COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE
AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 SETS OF THE HONG KONG 1993 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COINS NEWLY STRUCK BY THE BRITISH ROYAL MINT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC FROM NEXT MONDAY (APRIL 26).
THIS IS THE IN RESPONSE TO THE ON THESE SETS.
SECOND CONSIGNMENT OF THE COIN COLLECTION PRODUCED KEEN PUBLIC DEMAND. THERE IS NO PRODUCTION LIMIT
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"ALL OF THE LIMITED EDITION PROOF COIN SETS AND THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN SETS PUT ON SALE IN MID FEBRUARY WERE SOLD WITHIN VERY SHORT PERIOD," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE ISSUE OF THE COIN COLLECTIONS IS ΤΟ COMMEMORATE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW DESIGN COINS FEATURING A BAUHINIA FLOWER, WHICH ARE GRADUALLY REPLACING THE TERRITORY'S PRESENT CIRCULATION COINS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "BACH BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN COLLECTION COMPRISES SEVEN COINS RANGING FROM THE 10-CENT COIN TO THE $10 COIN, ALTHOUGH ONLY THE $2 AND $5 COINS ARE NOW IN CIRCULATION."
"ALL THE COINS ARE DATED 1993, EVEN THOUGH THE $10 AND 10-CENT COINS WILL NOT BE PUT INTO CIRCULATION THIS YEAR. THIS SHOULD ADD SUBSTANTIAL NUMISMATIC VALUE TO THE COIN COLLECTION, HE ADDED.
THE SEVEN COINS IN EACH SET ARE SUPERBLY CRAFTED AND CAREFULLY SELECTED. THEY COME PROTECTED AND SEALED WITHIN A HANDSOME PRESENTATION FOLDER.
THE UNCIRCULATED SETS, PRICED AT $128 BACH, WILL BE ON SALE FROM NEXT MONDAY AT THE FOLLOWING BANKS:
HONGKONGBANK:
MAIN OFFICE IN CENTRAL, AND BRANCHES AT MONG KOK, CAUSEWAY BAY (PATERSON STREET), KOWLOON HOTEL (21 NATHAN ROAD) AND WAYFOONG HOUSE (82-84 NATHAN ROAD).
OVERSEAS TRUST BANK:
BRANCHES AT GLOUCESTER ROAD, YUEN LONG AND KOWLOON (524 NATHAN ROAD).
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "ALL NET PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES OF THE COMMEMORATIVE COIN SETS WILL BE USED TO FINANCE, IN WHOLE OR IN CAREFULLY SELECTED PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY."
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MEANWHILE, A SMALL QUANTITY OF THE 1988 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN COLLECTION, COMPRISING SEVEN COINS RANGING FROM THE FIVE-CENT THE $5 COIN, IS STILL AVAILABLE AT THE TWO BANKS.
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