Holey dollar

Holey dollar

There was a serious shortage of coins throughout the British Empire in the late 1700s... Read more

There was a serious shortage of coins throughout the British Empire in the late 1700s. That's why a barter system developed in the colony of New South Wales... Read more

There was a serious shortage of coins throughout the British Empire in the late 1700s. A barter system developed in the colony of New South Wales. Precious rum arrived by ship from all over the world. Highly sought-after, storable, transportable and easy to divide into small quantities, imported rum became the most common and widely accepted currency.

En 1813, le nouveau Gouverneur Lachlan Macquarie ordonne que 40 000 dollars espagnols soient perforés, faisant une pièce de monnaie à qui on donne rapidement le sobriquet « The Dump », et une version plus grande qu’on appelle « The Holey Dollar » (c’est-à-dire « le dollar troué »). Ces deux pièces remplacent le rhum en tant que monnaie et restent en circulation pendant les 13 années qui suivent. Lire moins

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