HK$10 — Ten Dollars
The artwork
Front: No portrait at all — this is a purely graphic note. Purple, rose and turquoise bands cross behind a fan of overlapping arcs and a stylised sail-like cluster of triangles at right. A hexagonal see-through window sits at the top centre. Bilingual titling reads "Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" and "Legal Tender in Hong Kong", with the Chinese 拾 in its own hexagon and the date 1st January 2005 in both scripts. Serial SQ932310 appears horizontally and vertically.
Back: A lattice of interlocking blue and mauve diamonds fills the left half, drawn as ribbed bars that weave over and under one another. Sweeping across the centre are two looping ribbons in yellow, orange and red, the only warm colour on the note. The hexagonal register device reappears at the top, and the value is given as 港幣拾元 / "Ten Hong Kong Dollars", with 拾 and 10 in the lower corners.
In circulation
The Government resumed issuing ten-dollar notes in 2002, filling the gap between the banks' larger denominations and the heavy $10 coin. Paper printings carry the dates 2002, 2003 and this 1st January 2005. A polymer $10 in the same colours and design language followed from 2007 and took over the role; the paper notes remain legal tender.
Details
- CurrencyDollar (HK$)
- DenominationTen Dollars
- Collectedon the Hong Kong journey, 1993
- IssuerGovernment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- SeriesGovernment $10, paper issue, dated 1st January 2005
- SignatureHenry Tang, Financial Secretary; Joseph Yam, Monetary Authority
- SecurityHexagonal see-through register completed by the design on both sides
- Dimensions141 × 70 mm