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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Teddydogno1, post: 1984163, member: 71226&quot;]I hope all fans of the original Batman TV show will forgive me for the thread title.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first stumbled across information about Australia&#039;s first coins, I thought I had to have one.&nbsp; Then I learned how few survived the past 200 years!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The short story is that in 1813, a lack of coinage in Australia&#039;s New South Wales colony lead to the interesting solution of the &quot;Holey Dollar&quot;.&nbsp; 10,000 Spanish 8 Reale coins were modified by punching out the center and counterstamping the two resulting pieces to use as currency!&nbsp; The outer ring (Holey Dollar) became a legal 5 Shilling coin and the center (the Dump) was 15 Pence.&nbsp; See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holey_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holey_dollar" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holey_dollar</a> for more details.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2013, the Perth Mint was authorized to make up to 4,000 sets commemorating this first Australian coinage.&nbsp; I was happy to pick this up this week for well under the issue price and I think it is very cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354239[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]354240[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse of these new coins does not match the originals due to the need to make them legal tender at 1 Dollar and 25 cents.&nbsp; The Reverses, though, are a pretty close match to the originals.&nbsp; The new coins also total 1 oz. of fine silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neat nod to history, especially since originals are pretty much unobtainable.&nbsp; Let me know what you think!</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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