Holey Dollars & Dumps
Lot 1298 Session 5 (7.30pm Tuesday) Holey Dollars & Dumps
Estimate $45,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $43,000
NEW SOUTH WALES, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck from a Charles IIII, Bolivian eight reales, 1804PJ Potosi Mint, countermark dies I/8: A/11 (Mira-Noble, unlisted). Old test cut at 2 o'clock, evenly worn but both countermarks complete and clear, good fine and very rare.
Given to current owner for his 21st birthday in Adelaide about forty years ago.
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