Lot 1222
Sale 80 · Important Australian, New Zealand & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck from a Charles III Mexico City Mint eight reales 1797 FM (Mira-Noble 1797/- unlisted, dies B/10:II/9.30). Countermarks clear both sides with sharp H for Henshall on the obverse, nearly very fine, the coin overall good fine and rare.
A previously unrecorded example. Acquired recently on the north western coast of the U.S.A. in a small group of silver coins suggesting the coin could be a remainder from an old seafarer's accumulation.
- Estimate
- $70,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $64,000