Five shillings from New South Wales, Australia, 1813
Also known as: Vijf shillings uit Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Australië, 1813
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1813
Silver coin with a large round hole in the centre. Obverse: laureate head of the Spanish King Charles IV. Below, date: 1806. Around the hole, value designation: five shillings.
Reverse: between two pillars with a scroll bearing a motto, crowned composite coat of arms of Spain. In legend, mint mark: Mo [=Mexico City] and value designation: 8 R. Around the hole, country designation and date. Cable edge. The coin, a Mexican peso or 8 reales from 1806, was punched out in 1813 in such a way that the large outer ring could be put into circulation for 5 shillings. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5349; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 21.23 g.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 21.23 g
Design
- Obverse
- laureate head of the Spanish King Charles IV. Below, date: 1806. Around the hole, value designation: five shillings.
- Reverse
- between two pillars with a scroll bearing a motto, crowned composite coat of arms of Spain. In legend, mint mark: Mo [=Mexico City] and value designation: 8 R. Around the hole, country designation and date. Cable edge. The coin, a Mexican peso or 8 reales from 1806, was punched out in 1813 in such a way that the large outer ring could be put into circulation for 5 shillings.
Identification
- Original title
- Vijf shillings uit Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Australië, 1813
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5349
- Museum classification
- coin
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