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Auction: 11003 - Banknotes & Coins of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 622

Hong Kong, AE medallic trial piece, 38.5mm., J Watt and Co, Soho, Birmingham, retrograde legends, 1864, date, hong kong mint china, rev. j.watt and co., above engineers, london, below & soho, birmingham, edge plain (Prid. 321), edge knocks, very fine, rare Estimate HK$ 6,000-7,000 This is a machine trial piece by J Watt and Co struck to test a coining press they manufactured for the Hong Kong mint which was later used to strike the Hong Kong silver dollars. Specimens exist with both a plain and an engrailled edge.

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HK$6,000