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Coin - 15 Pence, Dump, New South Wales, Australia, 1813
Reg. No: NU 3251
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- Summary:
- Australia New South Wales
Dump, 15 Pence 1813 (AD)
Mira dies A/1
In 1813 Governor Lachlan Macquarie overcame an acute shortage of currency by arranging for the purchase of Spanish silver dollars, having the centres punched out and therein creating two new coins - the 'Holey Dollar' (valued at five shillings) and the 'Dump' (valued at one shilling and three pence). The work was carried out by William Hanshall, a convict transported for forgery. - Description:
- A circular silver coin (19 mm diameter with milled edge) bearing on the obverse a crown with the words around above, NEW SOUTH WALES; and the date below, 1813. The reverse featured the denomination FIFTEEN PENCE in two lines with the engraver's initial H between
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 19 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 5.619 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | economics, european settlement of australia, holey dollars |
| Themes this item is part of: | Numismatics & Philately Collection |
| Primary Classification: | COINS |
| Secondary Classification: | Australia - New South Wales |
| Tertiary Classification: | working strikes |
| Series: | Holey Dollar |
| DateEra: | 1813 AD |
| Denomination: | 15 Pence |
| Obverse Description: | At centre a crown, around above, NEW SOUTH WALES; below, 1813 |
| Reverse Description: | Legend in two lines; FIFTEEN PENCE |
| Edge Description: | milled |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: NEW SOUTH WALES 1813 Reverse: FIFTEEN PENCE H |
| Shape: | Round |
| Material: | Silver |
| Issued By: | New South Wales, Australia, 1813 |
| Artist: | William Henshall |
| References: | Mira dies A/1 |
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