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Lot 3610    Session 11 (9.30am Thursday)    British World Coins

Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $520

CANADA, Prince Edward Island, holey dollar of 1813, silver five shillings as a cut and countermarked with sun and rays on a Spanish American eight reales of Charles IV, of Mexico City mint issued in 1793, (KM.2). Very fine, host coin fine.

The issue is always difficult to determine if original or one of the many counterfeits made at the time or afterwards. Graham, Kennedy & Becker in the book 'The Currency and Medals of Prince Edward Island', 1988, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada, p.24-5 show illustrations of eight holey dollars with assorted countermarks and state 'It is quite possible that none of the above photographs represent a genuine treasury issue holey dollar.. It may be that none of the genuine pieces survived and in any case, no infallible means of identification of such pieces has been discovered'.

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