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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1988

THE

"8"

CHARITABLE CAUSE, WILL PRESENT A

MISS YEUNG WILL PRESENT THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER FOR NUMBER WITH A NUMBER PLATE BEARING THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION MARK. IN APPRECIATION OF MISS YEUNG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES SOUVENIR TO HER.

So,

IN ADDITION TO THE NUMBER NUMBERS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR BIDDING. THEY ARE:

"8", 18 OTHER SPECIALLY SELECTED

AL 99

BB 2623

AA 818

AW 2

CL 33

AY 125

CW 888

213 HK 77

CY 3

CM 600

CP 22

DW 1 AF 18

BM 821 CL 9

AP 11

XX 28

DURING

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED FOR THE LOTTERIES FUND THE PAST 120 AUCTIONS IS NEARLY $50 MILLION, WITH THE REGISTRATION MARK "3" FETCHING THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $1,030,000.

0

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HONG KONG 1988 COIN SET ON SALE

THE GOVERNMENT

FOLLOWING THE

COMPLETION

IS EMBARKING

OF THE

ON GOLD

ANOTHER COIN

NUMISMATIC PROJECT

A SERIES,

GOVERNMENT

SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

NOW COIN COLLECTORS

HAVE THE

ΤΟ OPPORTUNITY

ADD

TO THEIR KONG'S BASE

COLLECTION THE FIRST OFFICIAL COMPLETE PROOF SET OF HONG METAL CIRCULATING COINS.

"EACH SET COMPRISES SEVEN COINS, RANGING FROM THE FIVE CENT THE FIVE DOLLAR COIN,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THE

COINS

ARE DATED

1988 AND

THE BEAR

то

HONG

RAPHAEL MAKLOUF PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, WHICH WAS FIRST INTRODUCED ON KONG COINAGE IN 1985,' HE SAID.

ון

"WORLDWIDE SALES WILL BE LIMITED TO 25,000 SETS," HE ADDED.

INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION

AFFECTIONATELY AS THE "DAO LING"

IS THE FIVE CENT PIECE, THE LAST ORDER FOR WHICH WAS

IN 1980. SINCE THAT YEAR THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ISSUED ANY COINS TO THE BANKING SYSTEM.

KNOWN PLACED FIVE CENT

/AS FIVE