Australian Five Shilling holey dollar
Object No. 87/991
Coin, holey dollar, Five Shillings, struck on Eight Reales, Charles IV (1788-1808), silver, minted by Mexico Mint, Mexico, 1794, restruck by William Henshall, New South Wales, Australia, 1813
Loading...
Summary
Physical Description
Coin, 'Holey dollar', silver, issued by Governor Macquarie, NSW Australia, 1813, struck on Spanish Eight Reales (or dollar) of Charles IV, Mexico Mint, 1794.
DIMENSIONS
Depth
2 mm
Diameter
40 mm
SOURCE
Credit Line
Gift of G J Cohen, 1987
Acquisition Date
6 August 1987
Copyright for the above image is held by the Powerhouse and may be subject to third-party copyright restrictions. Please submit an Image Licensing Enquiry for information regarding reproduction, copyright and fees. Text is released under Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative licence.
Image Licensing Enquiry
Object Enquiry