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The Birth of Hong Kong’s Currency
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- The Hong Kong Mint
Front view of the Hong Kong Mint from 1866 to 1868.
- Premises of the Hong Kong Mint converted into a sugar refinery
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.
- Testing the foreign silver dollars
Chinese shroffs inspecting the silver content and testing the foreign silver dollars for counterfeit ones in the 1860s.
- Governor Sir Henry Pottinger
Sir Henry Pottinger, British Minister Plenipotentiary to China and Hong Kong's first governor.
- Royal Charter
Royal Charter granted to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China (nowadays Standard Chartered Bank) in 1853.
- Shunzhi one cash coin (obverse)
Shunzhi one cash coin.
- Shunzhi one cash coin (reverse)
Shunzhi one cash coin.
- Kangxi one cash coin (obverse)
Kangxi one cash coin.
- Kangxi one cash coin (reverse)
Kangxi one cash coin.
- Yongzheng one cash coin (obverse)
Yongzheng one cash coin.