1884年香港酒店铜代用币。喜敦造币厂。 有趣的深褐色代币。正面为吊袜带环绕皇冠，有文"HONG KONG HOTEL"。反面还边文字为"HONG KONG HOTEL"，中央为"ONE DRINK"。<p>根据 Numista 网站所载，"20世纪早至中期的香港急缺硬币。因此，衆多公司透过铸造专属代币以顾客购买商品或服务。顾客可凴此枚代币在该酒店的酒吧购买饮料一杯。因此币的使用对象设定为外国旅客或侨民，而非本地人，因此文字仅有英文"<p>香港大酒店是香港第一间五星级酒店，以伦敦酒店为原型建筑，于 1868 年开业，其后被香港香港上海大酒店有限公司收购，该公司现拥有著名的半岛酒店。 (t) HONG KONG. Hong Kong Hotel Copper Token, ND (ca. 1884). Heaton Mint. PCGS EF-45. A dark brown example of an interesting token. A garter around the crown with "HONG KONG HOTEL" in a belt in the legend on the obverse. On the reverse, "HONG KONG HOTEL" around the edges and "ONE DRINK" in the center.<p><em>According to </em>Numista<em>, "There was a severe shortage of coinage in Hong Kong throughout the early-to-mid 20th Century. As such, many companies resorted to minting their own tokens in order to assist customers in buying goods and services. This token allowed a customer of the hotel to purchase a drink from the hotel bar. The coin is written in English only, as it is meant to be used by foreign visitors and expatriates, not local Chinese." </em><p><em>The Hong Kong Hotel was the first luxury hotels modeled after London Hotels. It opened in 1868 and would later become part of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, who currently owns the popular "The Peninsula Hotels" chain.</em><p><em></em><p>
