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{{Short description|Type of coins in Hong Kong}}
{{Infobox Coin |
  Country             = Hong Kong |
  Denomination        = Five dollars |
  Value               = 5.00 |
  Unit                = [[Hong Kong dollar|HKD]] |
  Mass                = 13.5|
  Diameter            = 27 |
  Thickness           = 3.26 |
  Edge                = plain, lettered "Hong Kong Five Dollars" in English and Chinese |
  Composition         = [[Cupronickel]]  |
  Years of Minting    = 1976, 1978–79 ([[Decagon]]) 1980–90, 1993, 1995, 1997–98, 2012–13|
  Catalog Number      = - |
  Obverse             = <!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: Hong Kong bauhinia HKD5 obverse 1.JPG -->|
  Obverse Design      = [[Bauhinia]] |
  Obverse Designer    = Joseph Yam |
  Obverse Design Date = 1992 |
  Reverse             = <!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: Hong Kong bauhinia HKD5 reverse 1.JPG -->|
  Reverse Design      = 5 with value in English and Chinese |
  Reverse Designer    = Joseph Yam |
  Reverse Design Date = 1992|
}}
The '''five-dollar coin''' is the second-highest-denomination coin of the [[Hong Kong dollar]]. It replaced the five-dollar banknote in 1976.

It was first issued as a 10-sided coin in 1976, under British rule. The coin was also made of copper-nickel but weighed 10.76 grams, was 31&nbsp;mm in diameter and 2.08&nbsp;mm thick. The obverse featured [[Arnold Machin]]'s portrait of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and the inscription ''Queen Elizabeth II''. Its reverse featured a crowned British lion and the year of minting, as well as the country's name and the coin's denomination in both [[English language|English]] and [[Chinese language|Chinese]].<ref>http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=img2/84-39&desc=Hong Kong km39 5 Dollars (1976-1979)&query=Hong Kong</ref>

In 1980, the current round coin was issued, being slightly smaller and heavier. This coin replaced the lion on the reverse with a number five, but retained Machin's portrait. In 1985, the portrait of the Queen was changed to the one by [[Raphael Maklouf]], introduced to British coins in the same year.<ref>http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=img11/84-56&desc=Hong Kong km56 5 Dollars (1985-1991)&query=Hong Kong</ref>

In 1993, the image of the Queen on the obverse was replaced by a [[Bauhinia]] flower. Since that year, the flower features on all of Hong Kong's coins in circulation. The name of the country in both English and Chinese has been moved onto the obverse.<ref>http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=img2/84-65&desc=Hong Kong km65 5 Dollars (1993--)&query=Hong Kong</ref>

A commemorative issue was released in 1997 to commemorate the [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|handover]] of [[Hong Kong]] to [[China]] from the United Kingdom. It had five bats of happiness on the reverse, surrounding the shou character of longevity. The date was split on each side of the character and the denomination moved to the top.<ref>http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=img14/84-77&desc=Hong Kong km77 5 Dollars (1997) Shou character&query=Hong Kong</ref>

==Mintage==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
|-
!| Year <ref>{{cite book |author=Ma Tak Wo |year=2004 |title=Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency |publisher= Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD Kowloon Hong Kong. |ISBN=962-85939-3-5 |edition=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Krause|first=Chester L.|title=Standard Catalog of World Coins|year=2001|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=9780873418843|pages=[https://archive.org/details/standardcatalogo00ches/page/921 921]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/standardcatalogo00ches/page/921}}</ref> 
!| Mintage
|-
!| 1976	
|| 30,000,000
|-
!| 1978	
|| 10,000,000
|-
!| 1979	
|| 12,000,000
|-
!| 1980
|| 40,000,000
|-
!| 1981	
|| 20,000,000
|-
!| 1982	
|| 10,000,000
|-
!| 1983	
|| 4,000,000
|-
!| 1984	
|| 4,500,000
|-
!| 1985	
|| 6,000,000
|-
!| 1986	
|| 8,000,000
|-
!| 1987	
|| ???
|-
!| 1988
|| 16,000,000 circulation. 20,000 proof.
|-
!| 1989
|| 37,000,000 (10,040,000 issued)
|-
!| 1990
|| Unknown but never issued.
|-
!| 1993
|| 10,000,000
|-
!| 1995
|| 50.000

|-
!| 1997
|| Shou character commemorative. Unknown circulating. 97,000 proof.
|-
!| 1998
|| Unknown
|-
!| 2012
|| 40,000,000
|-
!| 2013	
|| ???
|-
!| 2015
|| Unknown
|-
!| 2017
|| Unknown
|-
!|
||      /// = has not been minted, ??? = unknown yet, --- = only minted for sets
|-
|}

==References==
{{Portal|China|Hong Kong|Money|Numismatics}}
;Sources
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* Ma Tak Wo 2004, Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency, Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD Kowloon Hong Kong. {{ISBN|962-85939-3-5}}
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;Notes
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[[Category:Coins of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Five-base-unit coins]]
[[Category:Currencies of Hong Kong]]


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