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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2414227, member: 75936&quot;]To this, I&#039;ll add that the Australian states did in fact issue their own coinage prior to 1910. The most famous being the holey dollar - basically a Spanish dollar with a hole punched in it, and counterstamped &quot;New South Wales 1813&quot; and valued at five shillings. A smaller coin, created from the hole-punch, was called a &quot;dump&quot; and valued at one shilling and three pence. Another fabulous piece was the Adelaide pound - a gold sovereign minted in South Australia from 1852. All these coins are rare now. If I wasn&#039;t focused so much on Roman coins, I&#039;d love to start a collection of pre-1910 Australian coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the mid-late 19th century and until 1910, the currency used in the Australian colonies was British silver and copper coins, Australian minted gold sovereigns and half sovereigns, locally minted copper trade tokens and private bank notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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