b'1761813 New South Wales Five Shillings or Holey Dollar on 1809 H.J. Mexico Mint Ferdinand VII 8 reales host coin.Obverse counter stamped by holey dollar obverseEXHIBITEDdie I (narrow separation between NEW and SOUTH),Sydney, October 2013 reverse counter stamped by holey dollar reverse die Ato mark the 200th Anniversary of issue.(fleur-de-lis between FIVE and SHILLINGS). "The coin is Mexico Mint type 7. Charles IIII abdicated Counter stamps were struck almost perfectly upright,the throne in favour of his son, Ferdinand VII in 1808. which is unusual as the positioning was normally random. In the same year Napoleon Bonaparte engineered the Listed in Mira & Noble as 1809/5. installation of his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, as King of Counter stamps and host coin about EF. One of theSpain. However, Joseph proved to be very unpopular so absolute finest Ferdinand VII Holey Dollars, with only 13the Colonial Mints kept using the legend and effigy of believed to remain in private hands. Ferdinand VII in protest."PROVENANCE $200,000250,000A.H.F. Baldwin CollectionR. Jewell CollectionPrivate owner (Melbourne)Spink Australia Sale 22, July 1987 (lot 1867) Current Vendor.'