Spanish (holey) dollar
CurrencyCoin made by punching out the middle of a Spanish silver dollar, which helped stabilise the early colonial economy.
Spanish (holey) dollar
by Garry Wotherspoon, 2010
Devised in 1810 to prevent the colony's currency from disappearing offshore, the holey dollar was Sydney's first really local coinage, remaining legal tender until 1829.
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