Hong Kong: royal visits

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Royal Visit sketch for 1975 by Christopher Ironside.  Not adopted.

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Royal Visit sketch for 1986.  Artist unknown.  Not adopted.

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Royal Visit sketch for 1986. 

Design by Lady Elizabeth Haddon-Cave from 1975. 

Redrawn for 1986 by Robert Elderton.

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Royal Visit sketch for 1986. 

Design by Lady Elizabeth Haddon-Cave from 1975. 

Redrawn for 1986 by Robert Elderton.

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Royal Visit sketch for 1986. 

Design by Lady Elizabeth Haddon-Cave from 1975. 

Redrawn for 1986 by Robert Elderton.

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Royal Visit sketch for 1986. 

Design by Lady Elizabeth Haddon-Cave from 1975. 

Redrawn for 1986 by Robert Elderton.

This is the design that was issued.

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The issued coin.

[Figleaf]

Ironside missed a chance in 1975. The counterpart of the dragon is not the snake (it was a year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac, I suppose) in Chinese culture but the snow lion. That fits in nicely with British heraldry and opens fun possibilities.

Peter

[Figleaf]

BTW, I guess the landscape on the second design is Victoria, seen from Tsim Sha Sui.

The hills in the background are enough overdone to have elicited criticism from the locals. See attachment.

Some of the tallest buildings had not yet been constructed in the eighties.

Peter

[Spyke63]

I would suggest that the second sketch is also by Christopher.  Do you know where these were sourced from? Always, greatly appreciated.

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Try these ones:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_col=200&_ro=any&_hb=tna&_q=%22royal+mint%22+AND+hong+kong+AND+1975