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No ,Deepseeker. Not that one ,unfortunately .
A convicted forger made them ,but they were legal tender.
A convicted forger made them ,but they were legal tender.
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Holey dollars and dump
Spanish dollars that had the center punched out and were used in the NSW colonies
Spanish dollars that had the center punched out and were used in the NSW colonies
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Correct , Nucopia.
The holey dollar was created to address a shortage of coins in the new colony. Governor Lachlan Macquarie imported 40,000 Spanish reales in 1812 and had convicted forger William Henshall cut the centre out of each, to double the number of available coins. The coins were counterstamped and the outer ring became known as the holey dollar, with the centre renamed the dump.
Macquarie set the value of the holey dollar at five shillings, with 15 pence for the dump. These coins went into circulation in 1814 and were replaced with sterling coinage from 1822. The National Museums holey dollar is one of about 300 in existence.
Holey dollars speak eloquently of the creative and improvisatory attempts to create an orderly administration in colonial Australia, said National Museum Director Andrew Sayers. The holey dollar we have acquired for the National Museum is a finely preserved example of this iconic object from the era of Macquarie.
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The holey dollar was created to address a shortage of coins in the new colony. Governor Lachlan Macquarie imported 40,000 Spanish reales in 1812 and had convicted forger William Henshall cut the centre out of each, to double the number of available coins. The coins were counterstamped and the outer ring became known as the holey dollar, with the centre renamed the dump.
Macquarie set the value of the holey dollar at five shillings, with 15 pence for the dump. These coins went into circulation in 1814 and were replaced with sterling coinage from 1822. The National Museums holey dollar is one of about 300 in existence.
Holey dollars speak eloquently of the creative and improvisatory attempts to create an orderly administration in colonial Australia, said National Museum Director Andrew Sayers. The holey dollar we have acquired for the National Museum is a finely preserved example of this iconic object from the era of Macquarie.
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300 left from 40,000. There must be a few buried out there somewhere waiting to be pinged by a metal detector. I wonder what either part of it would be worth?
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Deepseeker said:
Only $300,000 . No big deal !!!! https://www.news.com.au/finance/mon...0/news-story/5c23bb2f8819a2ae99ac312ec28e27db
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What am I, I was purportedly the first of my kind in Australia and I came into being in 1880?
What am I, I was purportedly the first of my kind in Australia and I came into being in 1880?
Manpa said:
We have all seen probably hundreds if not thousands of me.
Sorry Ward69, not the humble spud,
Happy New Year to you too!
Another clue, a man of some notoriety was the subject matter.
Happy New Year to you too!
Another clue, a man of some notoriety was the subject matter.
What am I, I was purportedly the first of my kind in Australia and came into being in 1880
We have all seen hundreds, probably thousands of me
A man of some notoriety was the subject matter
I was created in Benalla
We have all seen hundreds, probably thousands of me
A man of some notoriety was the subject matter
I was created in Benalla
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