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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 937585, member: 6229"]AUSTRALIAN "PROCLAMATION COINS" COMMEMORATIVE  The folllowing paragraphs are a condensed version of the who, why and how a proclamation on prevailing circulating coins in colonial Australia came to become law.  In 1800, like all fledgling colonies, the colony of New South Wales situated on the continent of Australia continually found itself wanting for coinage. Up until 1800 circulating coinage consisted of any coin of any metal issued by any country. To make matters worse, there was no fixed rate of exchange so just as fast as those coins entered circulation, they disappeared from circulation. In late 1800 that all changed. As payment for grain and animal food, the English Treasurer sent the cargo ship The Porpoise laden with four tons (550 English Pounds worth) of 1 ounce Copper Pennies. These were the thick edge cartwheel strikes minted by Matthew Boulton in 1787. The ship arrived at the warves of Sydney Cove late in 1800. The, then Govenor of New South Wales, PHILLIP GIDLEY KING, seized the occasion to ensure that the coins were not going to immediately be traded back out. Govenor King issued a Proclamation which effectively doubled the 1 ounce copper Penny's face value for use in the colony and placed sanctions on their import into or export out of the colony. He, also, took the opportunity to set specific values at which other silver and gold coins, circulating among the populous, were to trade. It's assumed these latter valuations fell in line with valuations stipulated by the English Treasury and provided for only a small premium above their nominal values. 11 coins originally appeared in the Proclamation: A Guinea... ... ...1 Pound, 2 Shillings0 PenceA Johanna… … …4 Pounds0 Shillings0 PenceA Half Johanna… ... ...2 Pounds0 Shillings0 PenceA Ducat… … …0 Pounds9 Shillings6 PenceA Gold Mohur… …1 Pound17 Shillings6 PenceA Pagoda… … …0 Pounds8 Shillings0 PenceA Spanish Dollar… ... ...0 Pounds5 Shillings0 PenceA Rupee… … …0 Pounds2 Shillings6 PenceA Dutch Guilder… ... ...0 Pounds2 Shillings0 PenceAn English Shilling… ... ...0 Pounds1 Shilling1 PenceA Copper Coin of One Ounce... ... ...0 Pounds0 Shillings2 Pence    A few hours after posting the list two more coins were hastily added; A Copper Coin of 1/2 Ounce (0,0,1) and an English Farthing(0,0,1/2). Here's a photo of the 1797 Cartwheel Cent courtesy of Tony Clayton via his website "Pictures of Coins of the UK: Scroll to third photo: <a href="http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/pen2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/pen2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/pen2.html</a> Here's the photo of the 2000 dated Dollar commemorating the Proclamation Coins of Australia courtesy of eBay Catalog (click photo to enlarge): <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.ebay.com%2FAustralia-Dollar-2000-Proclamation-Coins-Australia-%2F78227690%2Fr.html%3F_fcls%3D1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.ebay.com%2FAustralia-Dollar-2000-Proclamation-Coins-Australia-%2F78227690%2Fr.html%3F_fcls%3D1" rel="nofollow">http://catalog.ebay.com/Australia-Dollar-2000-Proclamation-Coins-Australia-/78227690/r.html?_fcls=1</a> Ttthat's all folks... Clinker[/QUOTE]

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