Hong Kong Mint (Chinese: 香港造幣廠) was a mint in Hong Kong from 1866 to 1868. A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures Coins for Currency. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap It was located in Sugar Street. Sugar Street ( Chinese 糖街 is a street located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Mint Dam, on the slope of Mount Butler, was constructed to supply water to the mint. Mount Butler ( Chinese 畢拿山 is a 436 m high hill on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
In early colonial Hong Kong, mixed currencies of various kinds were used. Although British pound was official currency, it was not well accepted by the merchants and residents, especially Chinese, in Hong Kong. The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency Various silver currencies remained medium of trade in the city.
In order to provide a steady supply of silver dollar in Hong Kong. Hercules Robinson, the then-Hong Kong Governor, decided to found Hong Kong Mint in 1864. This page is about Baron Rosmead who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong under the name Robinson The Governor of Hong Kong ( abbreviated 港督 was the head of the Hong Kong Government, ex-officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The mint opened on 1866-05-07 under the rule of William Thomas Mercer but soon closed in 1868 during Richard MacDonnell's governorship. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses William Thomas Mercer ( Chinese 孖沙 (1821 - 1879 was a British Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong from 1859 to 1868 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB ( Chinese translated name 麥當奴 (3 September 1814 &ndash 5 February 1881 was an Anglo-Irish That the coins were not well-received and the devaluation of silver are culprits causing hugh loss. The mint machineries were sold to Osaka in Japan. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
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External links
- The Hong Kong Early Currency and The Unsuccessful Hong Kong Mint (in Chinese)
- Hong Kong Coinage
- Hong Kong Currency
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