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New South Wales. British Colony 15 Pence (Dump) 1813 VF30 NGC, KM1.1, Mira Type A1. 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. This scarce specimen is one such example, displaying attractive steel-toned surfaces and graphite accenting hues along the centrally placed crown.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/australia/new-south-wales/australia-new-south-wales-british-colony-15-pence-dump-1813-vf30-ngc-/a/3075-32079.s?type=CoinArchives3075
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 5000-10000 USD
New South Wales. British Colony 15 Pence (Dump) 1813 VF30 NGC, KM1.1, Mira Type A1. 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. This scarce specimen is one such example, displaying attractive steel-toned surfaces and graphite accenting hues along the centrally placed crown.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/australia/new-south-wales/australia-new-south-wales-british-colony-15-pence-dump-1813-vf30-ngc-/a/3075-32079.s?type=CoinArchives3075
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 5000-10000 USD