Series 01 Part 06: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian holey dollar currency
Series 01 Part 06: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian holey dollar currency
Series 01 Part 06: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian holey dollar currency
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Full title
Date
1812-1829
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Physical Description
Contents
60 coins
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Series
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status:Public domain
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Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : DN/C 465 ; DN/C 468
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
60 Holey dollars originally from mints in Mexico City, Lima, Madrid, Seville and Potosi (Bolivia)
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 01 Part 06: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian holey dollar currency
Notes
General note
See also:
Series 01 Part 07: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian currency, the Dump
Digital order no:Album ID : 1003640
Published information
The Dixson collection of original Holey dollars is itemised and described in the appendix of The world of the Holey Dollar / Philip Spalding Santa Barbara, Ca[lif.] Priv. print. [by] Channel Lithograph Co., 1973].
Dixson Library shelf list cards are cross referenced to the numbers from this list: coins at SAFE/DN/C 455-503 and SAFE/DN/C 505-50...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
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Administrative / Biographical history
The Holey dollar and dump were introduced in New South Wales in 1812 to relieve the shortage of coins in the colony. They remained legal tender until approximately 1829. The coins were cut and restruck from coins originally issued by mints in Spain and South America. The outer ring and dump were counterstamped with the name of the colony and the ne...
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Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
9yM6kL69
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6kL69
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Reference code
950594
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