Holey Dollars & Dumps
Lot 1312 Session 5 (7.30pm Tuesday) Holey Dollars & Dumps
Estimate $70,000
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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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