Hong Kong Commemorative Notes
Notes on Hong Kong commemorative issues, from return celebrations to thematic releases.
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Currency notes and collecting guides
Articles on Hong Kong, Macau and China banknotes, commemorative issues and collecting themes.
Macau Commemorative Notes
Macau commemorative banknotes — from Olympic issues to the 2012–2023 zodiac MOP10 pair set — and their place in regional collecting.
View topicMercantile Bank Notes
A look at Mercantile Bank issues and what collectors watch for in condition and rarity.
View topicFourth Series RMB
Fourth series renminbi notes, denominations and collecting themes explained.
View topicDragon / Snake / Horse Year Commemorative Notes
Zodiac commemorative notes from dragon, snake and horse year issues.
View topicHong Kong and Macau Handover Commemorative Coins
A guide to commemorative coin sets marking the 1997 Hong Kong handover and the 1999 Macau handover.
View topicHong Kong Government One-Dollar Notes
A guide to the five classic Government of Hong Kong one-dollar notes — from the George V “whiskered man” to Queen Elizabeth II — and the nicknames collectors still use.
View topicHong Kong Government Subsidiary Notes, 1941
Locally printed one-, five- and ten-cent Government notes created during Hong Kong’s wartime shortage of small change in 1941.
View topicHong Kong Government Subsidiary Notes, 1945–1965
The postwar George VI emergency notes and the Elizabeth II subsidiary-note series from 1961 to 1965.
View topicHSBC One-Dollar Notes
A collector’s guide to classic Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation $1 notes — from the cheque-like 支票仔 to 拱橋, 直橋 and 士兵頭 — before the Government took over the denomination in 1935.
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