The new 10 yuan paper money is purple with blue, which is smaller than the old 10 yuan paper money and adds new anti-counterfeiting measures. The banknotes are signed by Financial Secretary John Tsang and Chief Executive Joseph Yam of HKMA.
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Development history
1863, Hong Kong issued the official mint for the first time, 1866, Hong Kong established the mint. At that time, every silver coin produced in Hong Kong was printed with the words "Hong Kong dollars". The name of this currency was also sent back from Hong Kong to Chinese mainland, Japan and South Korea, becoming the unit name of the local currency. Later 1868 closed the mint, and other silver dollars were used as legal tender in Hong Kong.
During the period of 1935, the price of silver in the United States and other places rose, which led to the outflow of silver from China and Hongkong. On 1 October 9, the Hong Kong government passed the Monetary Ordinance, 1935, 165438, and declared "Hong Kong dollar" as the monetary unit of Hong Kong. The exchange rate between Hong Kong dollar and British pound was set at 16 to1.
On August 1937, 1, the circulation of various silver dollars ceased, and the Hong Kong dollar officially became the legal tender. When Japan occupied Hong Kong in World War II, it forcibly replaced Hong Kong dollars with Japanese military tickets.
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