Coin set – Hong Kong

First and complete set of coins

without a portrait of the monarch

Bauhinia blakeana native to Hong Kong Island was

discovered in 1880 and named after the former

colonial governor Sir Henry Blake. She is also called

Hong Kong orchid and it decorates the emblem

Special Administrative Region of China. It’s complete

Hong Kong dollar set includes first in Hong Kong

a coin without a portrait of the British monarch. Instead of him

the obverse depicts a Bauhinia blakeana flower.

The reverse shows the denominations. Name

countries and denominations are in Chinese

and English. Two coins have wavy edges.

– Unusual shape of coins

– Information in two languages

– Coins from the city of skyscrapers