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MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1983
PIG GOLD COIN APPLICATION REMINDER
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THE PUBLIC WERE REMINDED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT APPLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR OF THE PIG GOLD COINS WILL CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 5) AT 4.30 PM.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UP TO LAST SATURDAY, SOME 90 000 APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED BUT THAT FORMS MIGHT STILL BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OFFICE OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION OR ANY DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
THE YEAR OF THE PIG GOLD COIN IS THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES OF $1 000 LEGAL TENDER COINS TO COMMEMORATE THE 12 LUNAR YEARS WHICH FALL IN THE WESTERN CALENDAR YEARS 1976-87.
THE PROOF VERSION OF THE COIN IS PRICED AT $3 300 WHILE THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN COSTS $2 200.
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT FOR THE NEW ISSUE, CHEQUES ON PERSONAL ACCOUNTS WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS WELL AS CASHIER'S ORDERS.
HE ADVISED INTENDING APPLICANTS TO HAND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COMPLETED FORMS, TOGETHER WITH CASHIER'S ORDERS OR CROSSED CHEQUES DATED NO LATER THAN JANUARY 5, 1983 AND MADE PAYABLE TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT 1983 SPECIAL COIN ACCOUNT+, MUST REACH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BRANCHES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION BY 4.30 PM OF THAT DAY:
7 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
82-84 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
673 NATHAN ROAD, MONG KOK, KOWLOON,
192 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES.
455-457 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES.
306 KING'S ROAD, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG.
40-50 DES VOEUX ROAD WEST, HONG KONG.
1 YUE MAN SQUARE, KWUN TONG, KOWLOON.
42 WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, ABERDEEN, HONG KONG.
1 HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.
STRUCK IN 22 CARAT GOLD, EACH COIN MEASURES 28.4 MM IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHS 15.976 GRAMMES. THE OBVERSE CARRIES A WELL-KNOWN PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WHILE THE REVERSE DEPICTS A +SWAY-BACK+ PIG, A DESIGN WHICH WAS SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FOR THIS ISSUE.
EACH COIN WILL BE PACKAGED IN A PLASTIC SCREW TOP CAPSULE AND SUPPLIED WITH A PRESENTATION CASE AND A DESCRIPTIVE BOOKLET.
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