• Title
  Item 1297: Dollar (8 reales) - Australian proclamation coin, 1778 / minted at Lima, Peru (under Spain)
• Call number
  SAFE/DN/C 1297
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1778
• Type of material
  Coins
• Reference code
  431553
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 coin - 39 mm. diameter - good condition - silver
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Due to security reasons this collection is not available for browsing
• General note
  
  Forms part of Series 01 Part 13: Sir William Dixson coin collection : other countries (excluding Great Britain) currency
  
  In 1800 Governor King proclaimed which coins could circulate in the colony and their value. These coins became known as proclamation coins
  Digital order no:Album ID : 825684
  This item has been preserved and digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2003
• Topic
  coins
  silver
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
  Macquarie the Governor, 1810 to 1821

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