• Title
  Series 01 Part 07: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian currency, the Dump
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1812-1829
• Type of material
  Coins
• Reference code
  950595
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised : DN/C 586 ; DN/C 607 ; DN/C 620
  
• Physical Description
  121 coins
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The Holey dollar and dump were introduced in New South Wales in 1812 to relieve the shortage of coins in the colony. They remained legal tender until approximately 1829. The coins were cut and restruck from coins originally issued by mints in Spain and South America. The outer ring and dump were counterstamped with the name of the colony and the new value - five shillings for the holey dollar and 15 pence for the dump. They bore the date 1813.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Due to security reasons this collection is not available for browsing
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:Public domain:
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South
• Description source
  
  SAFE/DN/C 516-590 and SAFE/DN/C 592-637 are described on shelf list cards with Mira classification.
• General note
  
  See also:
  Series 01 Part 06: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian holey dollar currency
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1003704
• Subject
  Dixson, William, Sir, 1870-1952--Coin collections
  Coins, Australian
  Coinage--New South Wales.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821
  The Governor : Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 (Travelling exhibition)
  Currency Note Museum
  Macquarie the Governor, 1810 to 1821
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE398708

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