Catalogue
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck on a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales, 1808TH, dies B/2: I/6 (Mira-Noble 1808/8; Spalding 177). Original coin worn, good fine, slightly dished, countermarks good fine/very fine and very rare.
Estimate $70,000
Passed in
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck on a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales, 1802FT, dies B/6:II/1 (Spalding-) (Mira-Noble 1802/8). Good fine and very rare.
Estimate $65,000
SOLD $55,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1) traces of the reverse of the Spanish American eight reales on the reverse. Deep gun metal grey toned, well struck up on the obverse, good very fine with obverse being nearly extremely fine on the right hand side, a most attractive example of Australia's first coin.
Estimate $60,000
Passed in
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2). Attractive dark grey toned nearly extremely fine and very rare, one of the finest known.
Estimate $60,000
Passed in
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2). Traces of reverse of original coin on the obverse, old scratch beside crown, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $18,000
SOLD $16,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2). Traces of reverse of original coin on obverse, grey silver toned, evenly worn reverse, very weak though legible, good fine/very good.
Estimate $6,500
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New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813, contemporary counterfeit in copper with plain or smoothed edge. Pitted, otherwise fair and very rare.
Estimate $700
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