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Money changes over time

Published: 4:00pm, 19 Apr, 2012

Joyee Chan

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Hong Kong's first bank notes came four years after British rule began, when silver ingots and the Mexican dollars were used

Joyee Chan |

Published: 4:00pm, 19 Apr, 2012

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