My Rare 19th Century Silver Hong Kong Coin Collection

Hi KZread! Here's my collection of nicer, larger silver coins from the British colony of Hong Kong in China. The Chinese lost the island after the Opium war then leased the peninsula for another hundred years in 1897. In 1997, the area was handed back to China with pomp and ceremony. Overnight, the word "Royal" on signage was removed.
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  • @silverstacksprepper
    @silverstacksprepper2 жыл бұрын

    Nice collection. New subscriber

  • @Armyman721
    @Armyman7219 жыл бұрын

    Great collection!

  • @billygagne2139
    @billygagne21397 жыл бұрын

    I love those old coins!! They have so much character so beautiful thanks for showing them I subscribed and definitely liked..

  • @dalatquocviet3261

    @dalatquocviet3261

    7 жыл бұрын

    toi co tien xu nay ban mua khong

  • @billygagne2139

    @billygagne2139

    7 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps87583 жыл бұрын

    Very good! Excellent!! Thanks for sharing. Those are some wonderful pieces you have. My own collection is not nearly as complete. They are my favorite coin type. I think the symbol on the back of your Honk Kong dollars is for ''Double Happiness''. Just love the design. I have one of those Japanese Yen you mentioned, from 1893. Mine is also heavily bowed due to so many chop-marks. Would love to buy your whole collection. Peace.

  • @christiankellyfernandez2857
    @christiankellyfernandez2857 Жыл бұрын

    Gd day i have chinese old coin 8pcs silver dollar. 1yuan coin yr 1934, 1yen coin, one hongkong dollar queen victoria 1866,i have also one tael coin fien tien provinc and kwang tung province and 1 trade dollar 1876.thank u n stay safe mr fernandez from the phil.god bless

  • @PaperMoney
    @PaperMoney11 жыл бұрын

    I like the Hong Kong (British Empire) coins! The 1900 Trade Dollar and the 1893 Chopmarked one are beauties!

  • @toast9634
    @toast96346 жыл бұрын

    Feels good to look back in history espically when I live in hong kong

  • @chenlin63
    @chenlin6311 жыл бұрын

    Sweet

  • @7777-coins-
    @7777-coins-3 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @coincoinduck
    @coincoinduck5 жыл бұрын

    cool

  • @canman5060
    @canman50606 жыл бұрын

    Are most of them uncirculated ? I have some Queen Victoria and Edward VII collection but their crowns are somewhat fading.

  • @TomTheEnglishPicker
    @TomTheEnglishPicker11 жыл бұрын

    I've started collecting hong kong coins myself. They turn up now and then. Got a nice trade dollar a few months back for £5 GBP

  • @Coinpicker
    @Coinpicker9 жыл бұрын

    Hi HT! I paid about $300-$400 each for the HK silver dollars and around $30 for the fifty cent pieces. Mind you, I had bought them probably about 5 years ago or longer. CP

  • @Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes

    @Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes

    7 жыл бұрын

    I bought a HK 1890 50 cents 10 years ago for $20, not the price has gone through the roof.

  • @chantim653

    @chantim653

    6 жыл бұрын

    Did u sell the coins?

  • @lekha253

    @lekha253

    3 жыл бұрын

    Five cent hong kong 1891

  • @raylam09
    @raylam099 жыл бұрын

    How much did the hong kong silver dollar and half dollar cost u?

  • @ernaerna9161
    @ernaerna91616 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @kawajocb1685
    @kawajocb16857 жыл бұрын

    i have a George the 7 th Dollar, Nice Coins you have

  • @kamuzu

    @kamuzu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Idiot ! No such thing as George 7th. Open a book and learn some history.

  • @DetroitLove4U
    @DetroitLove4U11 жыл бұрын

    An 1889 P Morgan Silver Dollar my parents had in a drawer since around the time I was born more just after I was born like in 1979, They got from a Winchell's Donut shop as my father veered over into the cashier's drawer and saw it and just simply asked for it in change. In 1987 I got hold of it and the rest was history! I just enjoy the allure and the history of numismatics. Do you feel that silver and gold are going to ascend in value per world economic ebb and dysfunction?

  • @theorangecouchproductionsr9658
    @theorangecouchproductionsr96588 жыл бұрын

    1896 20 cent was really nice. I should collect more Chinese silver

  • @DetroitLove4U
    @DetroitLove4U11 жыл бұрын

    They command a premium as I recall as they sustained a lesser mintage.

  • @freddyfreddy3177
    @freddyfreddy31778 жыл бұрын

    Hiya, just a question: is that still within the acceptable range if my British trade dollar weighs 26.64 grams? The unc one ought to be about 26.95 grams.

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    8 жыл бұрын

    +freddy freddy Hi,That sounds reasonable within tolerance. I'd be comfortable in buying that.

  • @freddyfreddy3177

    @freddyfreddy3177

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Coinpicker Thanks for your prompt reply. I have restarted the interest to collect such daily circulated type silver coins recently. Last week, I purchased two US Trade Dollars via ebay. Now in transit. May I ask what is the tolerable weight?

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    8 жыл бұрын

    +freddy freddy I think within 1 gram under is still pretty good but over by a gram, I would worry its silver plated brass or an alloy copy.

  • @SantiSanti-nv4fc

    @SantiSanti-nv4fc

    6 жыл бұрын

    freddy freddyg7 . ..

  • @dr.sreenivas3180
    @dr.sreenivas31804 жыл бұрын

    The hongkong dollars are beautiful very expensive today and lots of fakes too

  • @waitotong9590
    @waitotong95908 жыл бұрын

    Where are those coin shops you visited?

  • @Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes

    @Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes

    7 жыл бұрын

    They are in Mong Kok.

  • @berthawati2285

    @berthawati2285

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have 20 cents and 10 cents Where i can sale? My number +85262346434

  • @antoniobautistajr7200
    @antoniobautistajr72006 жыл бұрын

    Where i can sell my 1901 hongkong one cent here in the phillipines and i have also 1855 coin of espanas

  • @jeffreyofiasa9093
    @jeffreyofiasa90932 жыл бұрын

    Sir i have hongkong queen victoria 1900coin...how much is the price?if i sale it you?thanks

  • @babmukbang6640
    @babmukbang66402 жыл бұрын

    How much is the value of 1866 Queen Victoria coin?

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depends on condition but I would think a VF would be at least USD$1000 these days in the raw.

  • @alihassbala92
    @alihassbala922 жыл бұрын

    I have half dollar Hong Kong 1868 very good condition for sall

  • @eugenefegelein4132
    @eugenefegelein413211 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I only have the 1891 20 cents and a 1905 50 cents, even after i moved to Hong Kong on buisness purposes!

  • @cao6496
    @cao64962 жыл бұрын

    "The Chinese lost the island after the Opium war then leased the peninsula for another hundred years in 1897. "? Then why HK made this coin locally at HK in 1866? Actually, Hong Kong was a colony of GB in 1842 and 1897, new territories were added to the colony.

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I guess the Brits made the HK dollar to compete against the Spanish, American and Japanese silver trade coins. However, the cost did not make sense so they sold the minting presses to Japan and just imported British trade dollars made in Britain.

  • @antoniobautistajr7200
    @antoniobautistajr72006 жыл бұрын

    I have one cent hongkong victoria queen dated 1901

  • @ernaerna9161
    @ernaerna91616 жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @patelmustak40
    @patelmustak40 Жыл бұрын

    Sir I have 1897 one tred dolor

  • @andrewsantiago2452
    @andrewsantiago24526 жыл бұрын

    I have one 1995 10 Hong kong dollars, whi want to buy?

  • @ernaerna9161
    @ernaerna91616 жыл бұрын

    Had tadis

  • @samrainaebrahim4101
    @samrainaebrahim41015 жыл бұрын

    I have queen victoria 1901 one cent hongkong

  • @samrainaebrahim4101
    @samrainaebrahim41015 жыл бұрын

    I have 1901 one cent hongkong

  • @DetroitLove4U
    @DetroitLove4U11 жыл бұрын

    I have several Great Britain Trade Dollars in roughly AU grades. Do you have any Trade Dollars minted by the Calcutta Mint??? You seem to be a serious collector. I myself am a Numismatist for some 27 years now since my childhood and I have not hesitated to pursue World Coins. I have countless silver pieces that are no run of the mill. Would you believe that I bought an AU grade 1904 Canadian Quarter for $6 about a little over a year ago???!!!! It books for over a $1000!!!

  • @vacciniumaugustifolium1420

    @vacciniumaugustifolium1420

    6 жыл бұрын

    DetroitLove4U so lucky ! Do you get it certified !?

  • @bennysawit4978
    @bennysawit49784 жыл бұрын

    1901 COINS Hong Kong

  • @alejandrodandoy906
    @alejandrodandoy9065 жыл бұрын

    l have two coin victoria queen 1901 one cent.

  • @ernaerna9161
    @ernaerna91616 жыл бұрын

    How mas

  • @mrshah7190
    @mrshah71902 жыл бұрын

    I have 1900 trade dollar

  • @reecescott6468
    @reecescott646811 жыл бұрын

    I have 3. 50 cent. 7 x 10 cent and 15 x 5 cent Hong Kong coins paid 13 British pounds !

  • @user-zx1zg3jk9w

    @user-zx1zg3jk9w

    5 жыл бұрын

    .

  • @MrThe1234guy
    @MrThe1234guy4 жыл бұрын

    Are these often faked on eBay I am seeing them there but I'm afraid to purchase because they look like maybe they are

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    4 жыл бұрын

    M- Nice Hi! Many things have been faked all these years but the fakes are getting more difficult to distinguish. But use common sense as a $1000 should not be listed on EBay for $1.00 starting price and coming from China. Either buy graded and slabbed coins from reputable sellers or obviously circulated, lower grade material to start as it is difficult to fake honest wear. Just like anything worth collecting or doing in life, it take work and research. Always be carful when buying. Cheers! CP

  • @reecescott6468
    @reecescott646811 жыл бұрын

    All 80% silver

  • @ernaerna9161
    @ernaerna91616 жыл бұрын

    Malaysia

  • @johnwan7748
    @johnwan77482 жыл бұрын

    I have 3pcs Hong Kong silver dollar yr 1867 - 1900 & 1911

  • @ernaerna9161
    @ernaerna91616 жыл бұрын

    I have 1 pcs

  • @pontianakdota2799
    @pontianakdota27995 жыл бұрын

    i have 1670 hk

  • @GenEx-cv9of
    @GenEx-cv9of4 жыл бұрын

    I have 1 hong kong 1866 1 dollar coin in my house here in the phillippines..

  • @sgstackerdiary2312

    @sgstackerdiary2312

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi, u selling?

  • @GenEx-cv9of

    @GenEx-cv9of

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sgstackerdiary2312 Yes i am..

  • @sgstackerdiary2312

    @sgstackerdiary2312

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@GenEx-cv9of anyway to communicate with u beside youtube? watsapp u have?

  • @GenEx-cv9of

    @GenEx-cv9of

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sgstackerdiary2312 I have facebook acc.. Just search my name and message me.

  • @GenEx-cv9of

    @GenEx-cv9of

    4 жыл бұрын

    And i will show the coin and another unfamiliar coin.

  • @miguelperezvalero1335
    @miguelperezvalero1335 Жыл бұрын

    Tengo la moneda 1899. Victoria Queen HONG KONG 5 cents

  • @aplusmultrav1179
    @aplusmultrav11796 жыл бұрын

    combien je peux vendre ( 1 Dollar Hong Kong 1866 ) et merci . "2.00 min "

  • @johnwan7748
    @johnwan77482 жыл бұрын

    I have 2pcs hong Kong dollar yr 1867

  • @jwan1820
    @jwan182011 ай бұрын

    I have 1pc yr 1911 it's true coin silver or not

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    10 ай бұрын

    You need to measure and weigh your coin to compare with the official specifications. Also check for magnetism since silver should not be attached to a magnet normally.

  • @jwan1820

    @jwan1820

    10 ай бұрын

    No magnetic and weight 27++grm boss

  • @user-to4on1fd8g
    @user-to4on1fd8g2 жыл бұрын

    В таком состоянии монеты никому не нужны!

  • @ernaerna9161
    @ernaerna91616 жыл бұрын

    Hlw

  • @chenlin63
    @chenlin6311 жыл бұрын

    3rd commenter

  • @johnchak3870
    @johnchak38704 жыл бұрын

    Nice video just want to say your 1867 $1 looks fake after watching your video many times. The letters are too thick.

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Chak Hi John, i believe it is real but been polished. That may account for the letters not looking so sharp. The dimensions and weight are spot on. I’ll probably upgrade it eventually . If you look closely, it does have an rim ding which would be easier to do on a real silver coin than a harder alloy or thicker fake. Cheers! CP

  • @johnchak3870

    @johnchak3870

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Coinpicker send it to PCGS or NGC. I also have the three coins myself. 1866, 1867, and 1868 dollar.

  • @kamuzu
    @kamuzu5 жыл бұрын

    Too bad all the coins are heavily cleaned and thus are mainly just silver value..........did you buy them like that? Never buy such heavily cleaned junk.

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    5 жыл бұрын

    kamuzu Hi K! Of course I would prefer high grade issues but I buy what comes available for a good price. When it comes to difficult to come by issues, some past cleaned coins do not go down to silver value unless they are really common or very modern. Every collecting level has its own market. Plus, beginners do start out with filler coins and replace them with higher grades later on within their budgets. Sell all your lower grade HK Victorian coins and I’ll gladly buy each and every one for silver value. Lol! I doubt many would be willing. Bought a holed Hong Kong 1867 silver dollar for less than $100 before on EBay and ended up reselling locally for $300. Different buyers, different budgets. Thanks for your opinions! CP

  • @kamuzu

    @kamuzu

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Coinpicker ok, thanks for that explanation. I know the HK market but for paper money not so much coins. I agree that any Victorian HK silver would always be over silver value even in lowest grade. As a bank note collector I have a very low tolerance for any cleaning or pressing of notes, so was bringing that bias into the coins. Congrats on finding all three of those $1 dates.....1866, 7, 8 !

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    5 жыл бұрын

    I dabble a bit with banknotes too. When I found a super low serial numbered $20 from circulation (I think 0000053) I was very forgiving on the condition (VF?) since it was for face value. I’m a value collector. I live for a great deal. I may not want something for my own collection but buy it to trade or resell if it’s a steal.

  • @Coinpicker

    @Coinpicker

    5 жыл бұрын

    It took so long to complete that Hong Kong silver dollar 3 coin set on a shoe string budget. I was taking my time finding them as you can find them anytime if you’re willing to pay $1000 each for XF+ cheers! CP

  • @elmergulla2231

    @elmergulla2231

    5 жыл бұрын

    Coinpicker nice video sir! i have one hk dollar 1898 how much the price if ill sell?