Catalogue
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar 1813, struck from a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales of 1805 (Mira-Noble 1805/9, dies I/4 - A/4). A strongly struck countermark and the coin very dished, a striking example of a holey dollar, toned, very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $30,000
SOLD $26,000
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck on a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales 1804 (Mira-Noble 1804/16, die B/5-I/4). Matrix bent at top edge, old gouge scratch at 3 o'clock on obverse and some old metal encrustation particularly on the reverse, probably from being buried, countermarks fine and clear, coin nearly fine and rare. $ Ex James R. Lawson auction 13 May 1963 (lot 368) and P.J. O'Rourke Collection.
Estimate $9,000
SOLD $0
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2). Traces of reverse of the original coin on the reverse, 'H' between 'FIFTEEN PENCE' clear on the reverse, grey toned, good very fine and rare, especially in this condition.
Estimate $7,000
SOLD $0
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira die A/1). Traces of reverse of matrix coin on the obverse well struck, very fine and rare.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $6,100
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira die A/1). Traces of reverse of original coin on the reverse, three gashes on obverse, abrasively cleaned of toning otherwise good fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1). Dig marks obverse and reverse otherwise nearly fine.$ Found in 1989 at Cornwallis near Windsor, NSW on the foundation site where the Eather family settled and all ten were drowned in the flood of 1867.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $0
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (cf Mira die E/3) (4.8 grams). Appears struck on a cast blank that is underweight by 20%. The crown exactly conforms with Mira die E as do the letter and figure punches. The die sinker (was it Henshall?) has accidentally left out the 'L' in WALES so that it reads WAES. On the reverse th word PENCE is out of alignment possibly as a result of double entering. Surface dents, edge milling mostly clear otherwise fine, extremely rare and unpublished. $ Ex P.J. O'Rourke Collection. This crude example adds weight to the argument that the E/3 and C/4 dumps are contemporary counterfeits rather than crude experimental pieces.
Estimate $800
SOLD $0
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira die A/1). Toned, very good/fair.
Estimate $700
SOLD $0
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813, ornately engraved obverse 'IN MEMORY OF' with an embellishment and reverse text 'Wm Clamp obt. March 18th 1838 NSW'. Very fine and a unique relic of colonial days.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,820