Hong Kong paper money catalog

Catalog of Hong Kong Paper Money and Hong Kong currency history

The Catalog of Hong Kong paper money contains detailed information, full-color images, and information of every note ever officially issued. The images are crisp, clear, and in color. The Catalog of Hong Kong money includes all of the information of interest to the novice and serious collector alike.

Every banknote contains two pictures front and back sides. Contains information about type, size, material, denomination.

This version provides personal collection creation and lifetime access to the catalog database. Also we provide you with a quiz to test your knowledge.

The currency in use is the Hong Kong Dollar. Interestingly, it is not printed by 1 central bank like in most countries. Instead the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has authorized 3 commercial banks to print banknotes for Hong Kong. They are HSBC, Bank of China and Standard Chartered Bank. Since there are 3 different banks printing banknotes there are slight differences in each banknote printed by each bank but, they are all still equally legal tender. The design usually consists of the different bank name on the front and differ slightly in the design but, overall, they all follow the same design that was approved by the HKMA. For example, the current 50 HKD follows a basic design of a bank building on the front and a butterfly on the back. Since there are 3 banks who print their own currency each of the issues has an image of their own different bank headquarters and their own different design of a butterfly on the back.