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5 Shillings - George III "Holey Dollar" (New South Wales Colony)
Country: Australia - Colonial
(Australia)
Denomination: 5 Shillings
(1/4)
Year: 1813
Material: Silver (.903)
Weight: 21.035 g
Shape: Round with a hole
Diameter: 39 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: australia colonialaustralia
Description:
Obverse
A ring shaped silver coin manufactured by cutting a circular 'dump' from the centre of a Lima mint 8 real piece of 1806 and counterstamping the words, NEW SOUTH WALES 1813 around the central hole. Around the rim of the host coin, CAROLUS . IIII . DEI . GRATIA . 1806. ; the host coin featured a laureate bust of Charles IIII facing right, mostly removed by the holing and counterstriking
Reverse
Around the central hole cut in the host coin, FIVE SHILLINGS together with a spray of leaves with the engraver's initial H at the centre. Around the rim of the host coin (Lima monogram). 8R . J . P. HISPAN . ET IND . REX . ; and featuring a crowned shield between pillars. Most of the shield has been removed by the holing and counterstamping
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