stumbled over this in the Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser of Saturday 11 October 1823, at page 2 - "We have seen a specimen (brought out by the Mary*) of Silver Coin, prepared for the British Colonies. - We hope the period may not be distant, when this Colony will have the benefit of a portion of its circulation."
*the Mary was a convict transport-ship that had left London on 10th June.
What silver coins might these be ? All that springs to my mind is the "Anchor money", but I have read that that was intended exclusively for the West Indies.
http://metacoin.squarespace.com/mai...rrentPage=26 This page has cool picture of Spanish reales encrusted in coral, this is the first time I have seen real original coinage of Australia. Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) in 1656.
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