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New 100 Hong Kong Dollar notes

New banknotes of Hong Kong Dollar

The Hong Kong Monetary Authorities are in the process of issuing a new family of Hong Kong Dollar notes, the 2018 series. The first banknote issued in this new series was the 500 Hong Kong Dollar banknote, then it was the turn of the 1000 Dollar note and the last one issued is that of 100 Hong Kong Dollars.

 

New 100, 500 and 1000 Hong Kong Dollar Notes
New 100, 500 and 1000 Hong Kong Dollar Notes

 

Design of the new 100 HKD note

For this new issue, the different issuing banks of the Hong Kong Dollar have agreed to standardize the design and make banknotes more easily recognizable. In addition, the reverse side of the banknotes has a vertical orientation instead of the traditional horizontal orientation.

The theme of the 100 Hong Kong Dollar note is its cultural legacy that is expressed with several representations of the Cantonese opera on the reverse of the notes. The same designs are maintained on the obverse as on the other banknotes in the series: the Bank of China Tower, the Standard Chartered Bank Tower and the HSBC emblem lion.

These new banknotes will be in circulation with the previous series until further notice by the Monetary Authorities of Hong Kong.

 

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New 500 Hong Kong Dollar notes

These are the new 500 Hong Kong Dollars in circulation

Since the beginning of 2019 there are three new Hong Kong Dollar notes in circulation. This is the new now belonging to the 2018 series.

New 500 Hong Kong Dollars notes

This new denomination will be issued, as with all previous ones, by the three banks with authorization to issue Hong Kong currency: the Standard Chartered Bank, the Bank of China and the Bank of Hong Kong and Shanghai.

As usual, each of the notes will have its own design, the color of the three notes being brown.

Three different images of the Hong Kong Geopark appear on the three banknotes, a place with a high geographical value where you can observe the complete geological history of the region.

In the remainder of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 we can see the designs that have not yet been renewed of the 20, 50 and 100 Hong Kong Dollar banknotes.

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New currency available: Hong Kong Dollar

Information Hong Kong Dollar

We continue to increase our offer of currencies and from today onwards we have a new currency available: Hong Kong Dollar (according to ISO 4217 its abbreviation is HKD).

Hong Kong and China

Hong Kong belongs to China, however it's considered a Special Administrative Region. This region was colonized by the United Kingdom until 1997 and after decolonization, it was very difficult to adhere to the Communist system of the rest of China.  Therefore Hong Kong enjoys a certain autonomy and a system closer to the Western one. For this reason also has its own currency.

History

Until 1863 Hong Kond didn't have its own currency and they used to trade with the currency from China or from many foreign countries. From this year first Hong Kong Dollars were minted. However it wasn't until 1935 when it was definetly established as the official currency of the Hong Kong territory. Nowadays the coins are minted by the Government and the notes are issued by three licensed banks:  Standard Chartered Bank,  HSBC and the Bank of China.

Notes and Coins

The current Hong Kong Dollar banknotes are divided into 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dollars. On them you can see different traditional celebrations of the region, landscapes and inventions from China.

If you want to see the notes and familiarize yourself with them before your travel, visit the site from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

The Hong Kong Dollar coins are divided into 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1, 2, 5 and 10 dollars. On one side all the coins have an imagen of bauhinia blakeana, also known “Hong Kong orchid tree” and, in the other side, you'll see the value and the year of mint. If you want to see how are the coins that you will receive there, you can download this pdf file: Leaflet_e.pdf

Hong Kong Dollar Rate (HKD)

You can check the Hong Kong Dollar daily rate in our website.

Moreover you can make a reserve to have you Dollars available for your trip.

And don't be worried about your leftover Dollars. Back from your trip, you can go to your nearest branch to exchange the Hong Kong Dollars back into Euros. Remember, just notes, not coins.

Have a nice trip!

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