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Australia, NEW SOUTH WALES, Authority of June 1813, Five Shillings or Holey Dollar, 1813, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1809th, Mexico City, obv. countermarked five + shillings, double twig of leaves below, rev. countermarked new south wales 1813, obv. die B/11, 19.61g/12h (Mira/Noble 1809/13, this coin; Spalding –; KM. 2.9). Coin mediocre, obverse countermark fine, reverse countermark indistinct, very rare £9,000-12,000

Provenance: Spink Australia Auction 19 (Melbourne), 16-18 July 1986, lot 2432

The host coin is Ferdinand VII