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Royal Visit @
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1986
GOLD COIN TO MARK ROYAL VISIT IN OCTOBER
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A COMMEMORATIVE $1 000 GOLD COIN WILL BE ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MARK THE SECOND VISIT TO HONG KONG OF THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROOF VERSION OF THE COIN IS PRICED AT $3 300 WHILE THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN COSTS $2 200, THESE ARE THE PRICES AT WHICH THE COCKEREL, THE DOG, THE PIG, THE RAT, THE OX AND THE TIGER COINS WERE SOLD.
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TOGETHER WITH THE COIN FOR THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT, TO BE ISSJED EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE ROYAL VISIT COIN WILL COMPLETE THE SET OF 14 HONG KONG COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COINS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS ISSUED IN 1975 TO COMMEMORATE THE QUEEN AND THE PRINCE PHILIP'S FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG.
THIS COIN ALONE WILL BEAR THE NEW RAPHAEL MAKLOUF PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY, REPLACING THE FAMILIAR ARNOLD MACHIN DESIGN USED ON THE 1975 AND THE 12 LUNAR YEAR COINS. THE NEW EFFIGY OF THE QUEEN IS THE FIRST COIN DESIGN BY MAKLOUF AND WAS INTRODUCED IN 1985.
THE REVERSE OF THE COIN DISPLAYS THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS SYMBOLISING HONG KONG'S ASSOCIATION WITH BRITAIN AND ITS. DEPENDENCE ON SEA COMMUNICATIONS AND TRADE. THE CREST CONSISTS OF A ROYAL LION WITH THE IMPERIAL CROWN, HOLDING A PEARL, SYMBOLIC OF HONG KONG, THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT. THE SHIELD CONTAINS A NAVAL CROWN WITH TWO STYLISED JUNKS INDICATING EASTERN TRADE. THE SHIELD AND THE CREST ARE SUPPORTED BY THE ROYAL LION AND A CHINESE DRAGON, REPRESENTING THE BRITISH AND CHINESE ASPECTS OF HONG KONG.
THE COIN, WHICH WILL BE LEGAL TENDER IN HONG KONG, IS OF 22 CARAT GOLD AND IS 15.976 GRAMMES IN WEIGHT AND 28.4 MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER.
THE ISSUE WILL BE LIMITED TO 32 000 COINS OF WHICH 12 000 WILL BE OF PROOF AND 20 000 OF BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED QUALITY. OF THE TOTAL, 22 000, CONSISTING OF 9 500 PROOF AND 12 500 UNCIRCULATED, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE EXCLUSIVELY TO HOLDERS OF HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS. IN THE EVENT OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION
A BALLOT WILL BE HELD.
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