• Title
  Item 0645: South Australian one pound gold coins, cracked die, 1852
• Call number
  SAFE/DN/C 645
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1852
• Type of material
  Coins
• Reference code
  825829
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 coin - 23 mm. - gold coins
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Forms part of Series 01 Part 08: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian Assay Office currency
  
  By November 1852 the Bullion Act was amended to allow the striking of One, Two and Five Pound issues as well as Ten Shilling gold pieces. The first and only issue to be struck was the One Pound Coin … A local die maker, Joshua Payne, had cut the die, but a crack was discovered after less than 50 had been struck. (Source: McDonald)
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Due to security reasons this collection is not available for browsing
• Published Information
  See Andrews no.: 724. in Australasian tokens and coins : a handbook / by ... A. Andrews ; issued by the ... Mitchell Library (Sydney : Govt. Printer, 1921)¶¶The Ingots and Assay Office Pieces of South Australia / by J. Hunt Deacon (Melbourne : Hawthorn Press, [1954?])¶¶Collecting and investing in Australian coins and banknotes / written ... by Greg McDonald (Umina Beach, N.S.W. : G. McDonald, 1992)
• Creator/Author/Artist
  South Australia. Government Assay Office
  
• Subject
  Coins, Australian
  
• Topic
  coins
  gold
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE12856707

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