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A Voice for the Ages, a Master of his Art – A Tribute to Lam Kar Sing
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The Vanishing Shanghai Street
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The Hong Kong Mint
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Front view of the Hong Kong Mint from 1866 to 1868.
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Premises of the Hong Kong Mint after its closure in 1868 were converted into a sugar refinery and the flagpole at the top of its main building had been dismantled.
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Chinese shroffs inspecting the silver content and testing the foreign silver dollars for counterfeit ones in the 1860s.
Governor Sir Henry Pottinger
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Sir Henry Pottinger, British Minister Plenipotentiary to China and Hong Kong's first governor.
Royal Charter
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Royal Charter
granted to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China (nowadays Standard Chartered Bank) in 1853.
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