The coins and tokens of the possessions and colonies of the British empire (1889)
Atkins, James · London : B. Quaritch · leaf 227
A wreath enclosing the date t r ta with three starsover it. B: *I* uiL^j ^1 (1 Doit) a quatrefoil and two five-pointed stars under. Nos. 1 and 3 are usually found counter-marked with something resembling a wheel. It has been suggested that it may beintended for the Union Jack.A pointed shield… … HONG KONG. Hong Kong, an islaud at the mouth of tlio Canton river,was taken from tLe Chinese by Capt. Elliot on August 23rd,1839, and was formally coded to Great Britain in 1841. Itschief town is called Victoria, it was built in 1842, Some-times the whole colony is called by that name.…
Numismatics -- Great Britain Colonies
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