On the small change in people's pockets--the HK $ 1, HK $ 2 and HK $ 5 coins they use to take a bus or buy a drink--the bauhinia flower has quietly replaced Queen Elizabeth's head; on large-denomination banknotes, the word "colony" disappeared a few years ago, and now the rapier-like Bank of China building has displaced the British royal coat of arms.
硬幣，人們捏在手中，坐車、買飲料常用的一圓、二圓、五圓硬幣，悄悄地換上新裝，洋紫荊花的圖樣取代了女王頭；較大面額的紙鈔，colony（殖民地）的字樣幾年前早已消失，中國銀行利劍般的高樓，取代英國皇室的標誌，成了紙鈔新圖案。