Australia: New South Wales. British Colony 15 Pence (Dump) 1813 Fine 15 NGC, ...

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New South Wales. British Colony 15 Pence (Dump) 1813 Fine 15 NGC, KM1.1. Mira Type A1. 5.57gm. Estimated mintage of 26,000.

Ex. Heritage Auction 363 (January 2005, Lot 21233)

Produced as part of the first series of coins struck in and for New South Wales, these 15 Pence "Dumps" were cut from Spanish colonial 8 Reales to relieve chronic shortages of usable coinage in the relatively new Australian colony. Stamped with a value of 15 Pence, the plugs were deliberately valued below their actual silver content to ensure that they would not be exported out of the colony through trade, as many previously circulating coins had been. Being a type intended for and heavily used in circulation, most of the new coinage was heavily worn and eventually turned in when recalled, leaving few survivors.

The Peh Family Collection, Part IV

Metal: Silver
Diameter: 18.5mm

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