travel asia china hong kong money
The more I travel the world, the more I have tended to stop buying souvenirs and, instead, have begun collecting samples of local currency.
I find that local currency often tells more of the story of the current culture than any other souvenir could.
What a country puts on their currency reflects the image they which to present of their culture.
Here is sample of the currency of Hong Kong, China.
US Exchange Rate in January 2020: 1 US Dollar = 7.76 Hong Kong Dollars.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON THE HONG KONG DOLLAR
TRAVEL: 1991, 1998, 2020
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100 Hong Kong Dollars... about $12.88 US, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
20 Hong Kong Dollars, about $2.58 US, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
Hong Kong coins, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
Coins, Left to right:
Five Hong Kong Dollar coin, Two Hong Kong Dollar coin, One Hong Kong Dollar coin, Fifty Cent Hong Kong coin, Ten Cent Hong Kong coin.
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page last revised January 2020