Lot 1875
Sale 89 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, The W.G. & L.M. Wright Collection
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Description
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck on a Charles IIII Lima Mint, eight reales 1808 J.P (Mira-Noble 1808/2; dies II/7:B/1). The hole punched slightly off-centre, the countermark, retaining considerable original mint bloom, almost as struck, nearly extremely fine and rare in this condition, probably the finest of the Lima holey dollars known.
Ex James R. Lawson Sale 29/6/1949 (lot 213).
- Estimate
- $135,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $136,000