| Issuer | New South Wales |
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| Year | 1813 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 5 Shillings (1/4) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
| Composition | Silver (.903) |
| Weight | 21.035 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round with a round hole |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 1829 |
| Reference(s) | KM#2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, |
| Obverse description | A ring shaped silver coin manufactured by cutting a circular `dump` from the centre of a Lima mint 8 real piece of 1806 and counterstamping the words, NEW SOUTH WALES 1813 around the central hole. Around the rim of the host coin, CAROLUS . IIII . DEI . GRATIA . 1806. ; the host coin featured a laureate bust of Charles IIII facing right, mostly removed by the holing and counterstriking |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | DEI GRATIA 1806 CAROLUS IIII NEW SOUTH WALES 1813 |
| Reverse description | Around the central hole cut in the host coin, FIVE SHILLINGS together with a spray of leaves with the engraver`s initial H at the centre. Around the rim of the host coin (Lima monogram). 8R . J . P. HISPAN . ET IND . REX . ; and featuring a crowned shield between pillars. Most of the shield has been removed by the holing and counterstamping |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | HISPAN ET IND REX ME 8R J P FIVE SHILLINGS |
| Edge | Circle & rectangle pattern |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 1813 - Counterstamp on Bolivia, Potosi 8 Reales, KM#55 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Bolivia, Potosi 8 Reales, KM#73 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Mexico City 8 Reales, KM#104 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Mexico City 8 Reales, KM#106 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Mexico City 8 Reales, KM#107 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Mexico City 8 Reales, KM#109 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Mexico City 8 Reales, KM#110 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Peru, Lima 8 Reales, KM#106.2 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Peru, Lima 8 Reales, KM#78 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Peru, Lima 8 Reales, KM#97 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Spain, Madrid 8 Reales, C#71.1 - 1813 - Counterstamp on holed Spain, Seville 8 Reales, C#71.2 - |
| Numisquare ID | 8419740210 |
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