Coins

The Government issues coins of $10, $5, $2, $1, 50 cents, 20 cents and 10 cents^*. In 1993, a new series depicting the bauhinia flower was launched to replace the Queen's portrait series (which remains legal tender). The first bauhinia coins, the $5 and $2 coins, were issued in January 1993. New $1, 50-cent and 20-cent coins were issued in October 1993, and new 10-cent coin in May 1994. The $10 coin, the latest in the bauhinia series, was issued in November 1994.

The total value of coins in circulation in Hong Kong can be found in Monthly Statistical Bulletin and the Monetary Stability chapter of the Annual Report.

^* The Government also issued commemorative coins in other denominations such as $1,000 of the 1997 Commemorative Gold Coin and the Hong Kong International Airport Commemorative Gold Coin. All commemorative coins are legal tender but they are not commonly used in daily transactions/circulation. Please see “History and Evolution of Coins in Hong Kong” and “Commemorative Coins and Coin Sets” for more details.