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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993

MORE '93 PROOF COIN SETS TO GO ON SALE

THE HONG KONG 1993 PROOF AND BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COLLECTIONS WHICH WERE PUT ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC MONDAY (FEBRUARY 15) HAVE PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR.

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ALL OF THE PROOF COIN SETS, PRICED AT $380 EACH, THAT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO HONG KONG AND DISTRIBUTED BY HONGKONGBANK AND THE OVERSEAS TRUST BANK HAVE BEEN SOLD, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE OFFICE OF THE EXCHANGE FUND SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

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BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DEMAND, THE OFFICE HAS ARRANGED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 SETS OF PROOF COINS TO BE ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG.

HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE WORLDWIDE LIMIT REMAINED AT 30,000 SETS.

HE SAID: "THE FINAL CONSIGNMENT OF A SMALL QUANTITY OF THE PROOF COIN SETS, BEING THE BALANCE OF THE 26,000 SETS ALLOCATED ΤΟ HONG KONG, WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY AND BE PUT ON SALE FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 24).

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THESE PROOF COIN SETS WILL BE AVAILABLE VT HONGKONGBANK OFFICE AT 1 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND THE EIGHT OVERSEAS BRANCHES AT GLOUCESTER ROAD; CENTRAL; NORTH POINT (379 ROAD); HUNG HOM; MONG KOK; TSUEN WAN; YURN LONG AND SHA TIN (TAI WAT).

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TRUST BANK 381 KING'S

IN VIEW OF THE KEEN DEMAND, SALES OF THE PROOF COIN COLLECTION WILL BE RESTRICTED TO TWO SETS PER PERSON ON

FIRST-COME, FIRST- SERVED BASIS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"A SMALL NUMBER OF THE HONG KONG 1993 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN SETS, AT $128 EACH, ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT THE TWO BANKS, ADDED.

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