Currency In Circulation: Paper Notes, Coins, and Total

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API URL:

API Data Enquiry
Output Fields (JSON) Swagger Format
 
Name Type Unit Of Measure Description
Cur_yr Date 1852-2002, except 1941-44 and 1949-50.
Cur_paper_a Number HKD Million Paper Currency
Cur_coins_a Number HKD Million Coins
Cur_tot_a Number HKD Million Total Currency in Circulation
Footnotes
Currency In Circulation: Paper Notes, Coins, and Total
Period: 1852-2002, except 1941-44 and 1949-50.
Unit: HKD Million 
Year-end Figures  
Source: Data for 1852-1940, from HK Blue Book;
data for 1945-48, from HK Government Gazette Supplement No. 4;
data for 1951-67, from HK Statistics 1947-67;
data for 1968-69, from HK Gov't Gazette Supplement No. 4;
data for 1970-2002, HK Annual Digest of Statistics.
Javascript Example
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/currency?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});
 
Python Example
import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/currency?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())