CO129-089 - Public Offices - 1862 — Page 435

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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of

the said dollar shall be

legal

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imceeding one

of payment for any sum not imceeding

dollar.

- And We do hereby further ordain and declare that the Silver and Copper Coins to be issued from Our Mint as aforesaid shall be

par pared

ad

follo

eve

The Silver pieces of money shall be prepared of selver Containing twenty per cent. of Alloy - Overy such piese shall have for the Obverse impression

Ceffigy Crowned with

the Inveription "Victoria Queen", and for

the Reverse impression

indicating

n an

inscription

the value of the piece in Cento of a Dollar with the word's " Hong Hong and the date of the year, and the same Inscription repeated in Chinese characters.

one

A. Copper ficce representing. hundredth part of a dollar shall have for the obverse impression

Crowned

occ

Coffigy

with the inveription" Victoria Queen"," and for the Reverse impression the inscription

"One Cent Hong Kong", with the date of the

year, and the

Jarne

inscription repeated

in

in Chinese Characters .

432

Another Coffex pione representing

one thousandth part of a dollar shall

be perforated in the Centre and have for the ob verse impression the inscription "A.R." atwemnounted by a

Crown with

The copy True

D.

"Wong Tong One Mil", and the dake of and for the beverse impression

the

year,

the inscription Hong Kong One Cash or One Mil represented in Chinese characters.

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