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Hong Kong 1 Cent Banknote, 1941

Posted: April 30th, 2025 | No Comments »

From Wikipedia: “The one-cent banknote was the smallest denominated banknote issued in Hong Kong. They were issued by the government and were initially released on 30 May 1941 and printed by Noronha and Company Limited[1] to provide small change because of a lack of coinage brought on by the Second World War. The first issue was 42 by 75 mm, the obverse was brown with a serial number of seven numbers with either no prefix or an A or B prefix. This side was mostly in English, except for “Government of Hong Kong” which was also in Chinese. The reverse was red and the denomination in English and Chinese.”



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