Hong Kong one-mil coin

• Country — Hong Kong • Denomination — One mil • Value — 0.001 • Unit — HKD • Mass — 0.98 • Diameter — 15 • Thickness — 0.80 • Edge — plain • Composition — Bronze • Years Of Minting — 1863 –1866 • Obverse Design — Hong Kong one mil • Obverse Designer — William Robinson • Obverse Design Date — 1861 • Reverse Design — Chinese characters for Hong Kong and denomination • Reverse Designer — William Robinson • Reverse Design Date — 1861

• Illustration — Hong Kong one-mil coin (1866) with Chinese characters “香港一千” The obverse had denomination and country name in the English language. It featured the British crown and the initials 'VR' for Victoria Regina (Latin for Queen Victoria). While coins of the pound sterling have the royal title written in Latin, this is the only use of Latin on British Hong Kong coins. Royal titles were written in English on its other coins. The reverse had the denomination and country name written in Chinese. From 1863 to 1866, the characters on this side was written as Hong Kong One-wen (香港一文), resembling the Chinese currency of cash at that time period. Among which, the 1866 One-wen is regarded as one of the rarest sample in Hong Kong coinage. Later on in 1866, the Chinese characters was altered to Hong Kong One-thousand (香港一千), indicating the value of a thousandth of a dollar.

Source: 1863: 19,000,000 1864: Unknown 1865: 40,000,000 (Two variations exist – one with a hyphen between HONG and KONG on the obverse, one without hyphen between the two words) 1866: Unknown (Regarded as one of the rarest coins in Hong Kong coinage.)

1866: 20,000,000