The brilliant solution for increasing the supply of coinage. Now I'll have to find a Holey Spanish 8 Reales to go next to my Chinese chop marked 8 Reales.
Thanks 4 sharing your Aussie pickups @bengy
Bird coin alert for @punkysdad
The brilliant solution for increasing the supply of coinage. Now I'll have to find a Holey Spanish 8 Reales to go next to my Chinese chop marked 8 Reales.
Thanks 4 sharing your Aussie pickups @bengy
Bird coin alert for @punkysdad
A Spoonbill?
I may just have a few related coins of the same series.
Yep, a pretty ingenious solution for a time when the supply was limited in the colony!