2013 $1 Holey Dollar & Dump Uncirculated 4 Coin Set

The Holey Dollar and Dump, made from Spanish silver eight-reale coins, were introduced to stamp out the corrupt rum trade and provide the first official currency for the fledgling colony of New South Wales. In 1812 Governor Lachlan Macquarie arranged for a special shipment of 40 000 Spanish Dollars and set pardoned forger William Henshall to work fashioning the new currency. Taking approximately one year to complete Henshall marked his work by placing the initial ‘H’ on some of the dies produced. The original coins were in circulation between 1813 and 1829.