SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993
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MORE '93 UNCIRCULATED COIN SETS ON SALE
RESIDENTS NOW HAVE A CHANCE ΤΟ MAKE A MEMORABLE PURCHASE, WHETHER FOR HISTORIC INTEREST OR FUTURE VALUE AS A COLLECTOR'S ITEM, WITH THE SALE OF AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 SETS OF THE HONG KONG 1993 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COINS FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THESE SETS WERE NEWLY STRUCK BY THE BRITISH ROYAL MINT IN RESPONSE ΤΟ THE CONTINUOUS HEAVY DEMAND FROM THE PUBLIC. NO PRODUCTION LIMIT HAS BEEN SET ON THESE COLLECTIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY SAID: "EARLIER IN APRIL, A QUANTITY OF 10,000 SETS WAS PUT ON SALE. THEY WERE SOLD WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD.
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THE COIN COLLECTIONS CAN BE REGARDED AS PERFECT GIFTS FAMILIES, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS.
FOR
"THE ISSUE OF THE COIN COLLECTIONS IS TO COMMEMORATE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW DESIGN COINS FEATURING A BAUHINIA FLOWER, WHICH ARE GRADUALLY REPLACING THE TERRITORY'S PRESENT CIRCULATION COINS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
EACH COLLECTION COMPRISES SEVEN COINS RANGING FROM THE 10 CENT COIN TO THE 10 DOLLAR COIN, ALTHOUGH ONLY THE TWO DOLLAR AND FIVE DOLLAR COINS ARE NOW IN CIRCULATION,
10 DOLLAR AND THIS SHOULD HE ADDED.
"ALL THE COINS ARE DATED 1993, EVEN THOUGH THE 10 CENT COINS WILL NOT BE PUT INTO CIRCULATION THIS YEAR. ADD SUBSTANTIAL NUMISMATIC VALUE TO THE COIN COLLECTION,"
THE SEVEN COINS IN EACH SET ARE SUPERBLY CRAFTED AND SELECTED. THEY COME PROTECTED AND SEALED WITHIN A PRESENTATION FOLDER.
CAREFULLY HANDSOME
THE UNCIRCULATED SETS, PRICED AT $128 EACH, WILL BE ON SALE STARTING TOMORROW AT THE TWO OVERSEAS TRUST BANK BRANCHES AT 160, GLOUCESTER ROAD IN WAN CHAI AND AT 524 NATHAN ROAD IN KOWLOON,
PART,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "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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