Coins from Colonial Australia

Colonial Australia is a term used to describe the Australian continent during the period between 1788 to 1901 when Australia was under British colonial authority. Australia’s first people arrived around 42,000 and 48,000 years ago from Southeast Asia. The modern decedents of these people are called Indigenous Australians or Aboriginals. The first Europeans to discover and make landfall were the Dutch in 1606 and named the continent New Holland. In 1770 Captain James Cook sailed and mapped the east coast which he claimed for Great Britten and named New South Wales. On the 26 January 1788 Captain Arthur Philip landed in New South Wales with the First Fleet and established a penal colony at Sydney Cove, Port Jackson. The first colony of New South Wales was establish in January of 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet. The British colony of New South Wales comprised of the ester half of the continent with the western half rating the name New Holland. Van Diemen's Land (renamed Tasmania in 1856), South Australia, New Zealand, Victoria and Queensland all separated from New South Wales and formed their own self-governing colonies in 1825, 1834, 1841, 1851 and 1859 respectively. In 1832 the Swan River colony was established which latter changed its name to Western Australia. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies (excluding New Zealand) federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia.
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• Pound sterling (1788-1929)
• Trade Tokens

Pound sterling (1788-1929)

12 Pence = 1 Shilling • 20 Shilling = 1 Pound

2 Pence - George III (1800 Proclamation coin - British Penny)
1797
Copper • 28.35 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 83491

1 Shilling and 1 Pence - George III (1800 Proclamation coin - British Shilling)
1787
Silver (.925) • 6.02 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 83659

15 Pence - George III "Dump" (New South Wales Colony)
1813
Silver (.903) • 5.619 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 1.1, KM# 1.2, KM# 1.3, KM# 1.4, N# 17316

2 Shillings (1800 Proclamation coin - Netherlands Gulden)
1793-1800
Silver (.912) • 10.47 g • ⌀ 31 mm
N# 117063

2 Shillings and 6 Pence (1800 Proclamation coin - Indian Rupee)
ND (1793-1819)
Silver • 11.6 g • ⌀ 26 mm
N# 117061

5 Shillings - George III "Holey Dollar" (New South Wales Colony)
1813
Silver (.903) • 21.035 g • ⌀ 39 mm
KM# 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15,, N# 19811

8 Shillings (1800 Proclamation coin - Indian Pagoda)
ND (1740-1807)
Gold • 3.43 g • ⌀ 12 mm
N# 117065

½ Sovereign - Victoria (Pattern)
1853
Pattern
Gold (.917) • 3.85 g • ⌀ 19.3 mm
KM# Pn1, N# 310406

½ Sovereign - Victoria (Pattern)
1855
Pattern
Gold (.917) • 3.991 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# Pn3, N# 123395

½ Sovereign - Victoria
1855-1856
Gold (.917) • 3.968 g • ⌀ 19.3 mm
KM# 1, Fr# 9a, N# 32313

½ Sovereign - Victoria (Pattern)
1856
Pattern
Gold (.917) • 3.98 g • ⌀ 19.3 mm
N# 310407

½ Sovereign - Victoria
1857-1866
Gold (.917) • 3.976 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 3, Fr# 10a, N# 14959

½ Sovereign - Victoria
1871-1887
Gold (.917) • 3.994 g • ⌀ 19.3 mm
KM# 5, N# 24197

½ Sovereign - Victoria
1887-1893
Gold (.917) • 3.992 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 9, Fr# 22, N# 24199

½ Sovereign - Victoria
1893-1900
Gold (.917) • 4.002 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 12, N# 24200

1 Pound - Victoria "Adelaide Pound" (South Australia Colony)
1852
Gold (.917) • 8.75 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 1, Fr# 1, N# 17315

1 Pound - Victoria "Adelaide Pound" (South Australia Colony; Dentilated inner circle)
1852
Gold (.917) • 8.75 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 2, Fr# 3, N# 115480

1 Sovereign - Victoria (Pattern)
1853
Pattern
Gold (.917) • 7.13 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
KM# Pn2, N# 305324

1 Sovereign - Victoria (Pattern)
1855
Pattern
Gold (.917) • 7.98 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# Pn4, N# 310408

1 Sovereign - Victoria
1855-1856
Gold (.917) • 7.9811 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
KM# 2, Fr# 9, N# 24196

1 Sovereign - Victoria (Pattern)
1856
Pattern
Gold • 7.99 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# Pn6, N# 297166

1 Sovereign - Victoria
1857-1870
Gold (.9166) • 7.9881 g • ⌀ 22.05 mm
KM# 4, Fr# 10, N# 6331

1 Sovereign - Victoria
1871-1887
Gold (.917) • 7.9881 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
KM# 6, Fr# 11, N# 24198

1 Sovereign - Victoria
1871-1887
Gold (.917) • 7.9881 g • ⌀ 22.05 mm
KM# 7, N# 9310

1 Sovereign - Victoria
1887-1893
Gold (.917) • 7.9881 g • ⌀ 23 mm
KM# 10, N# 28487

1 Sovereign - Victoria
1893-1900
Gold (.917) • 7.9881 g • ⌀ 22.05 mm
KM# 13, N# 17317

1 Pound and 1 Shilling - George III (1800 Proclamation coin - British Guinea)
1787-1799
Gold (.916) • 8.4 g • ⌀ 24 mm
N# 83730

1 Pound, 17 Shillings and 6 Pence (1800 Proclamation coin - Indian Mohur)
ND (1793-1819)
Gold (.996) • 12.36 g • ⌀ 26 mm
N# 117193

2 Pounds - Victoria (Golden Jubilee)
1887
Non-circulating coin: Golden Jubilee
Gold (.917) • 15.9761 g • ⌀ 29 mm
KM# 8, Fr# 18, N# 91749

5 Pounds - Victoria (Golden Jubilee)
1887
Non-circulating coin: Golden Jubilee
Gold (.917) • 39.9403 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 11, Fr# 17, N# 79022

5 Pounds - Victoria (South Australia Colony; Pattern; Restrike)
1852 (1921)
Pattern
Gold (.917) • 44.102 g
Fr# 2, KM# Pn1, N# 79018

5 Pounds - Victoria (South Australia Colony; Pattern; Restrike)
1852 (1921)
Pattern
Silver (.917) • 19.34 g • ⌀ 33 mm
KM# Pn1a, N# 115471

Trade Tokens

12 Pence = 1 Shilling • 20 Shilling = 1 Pound

½ Penny - Crombie, Clapperton and Findlay (Melbourne, Victoria)
ND (1851)
Token
Copper • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn41, N# 59243

½ Penny - W.J. Taylor (Melbourne, Victoria)
1851
Token
Copper • 8.4 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
KM# Tn244, Gray# 277, N# 47667

½ Penny (Tea Stores - Sydney, New South Wales)
1852
Token
Copper
N# 324857

½ Penny (T. W. Thomas and Co. - Melbourne, Victoria)
1854
Token
Copper
KM# Tn248, N# 26439

½ Penny (Lewis Abrahams - Hobart, Tasmania)
1855
Token
Copper • ⌀ 27.5 mm
KM# Tn6, N# 58868

½ Penny (Hanks and Lloyd - Sydney, New South Wales)
1855
Token
Copper • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn82, N# 55947

½ Penny (R. Josephs - New Town, Tasmania)
1855
Token
Copper • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn140, N# 18417

½ Penny (Crocker and Hamilton - Adelaide, South Australia)
1857
Token
Copper • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn39, N# 26430

½ Penny (Fisher - South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria)
1857
Token
Copper • 7.37 g • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn68, N# 59244

½ Penny (Hanks and Compy. - Sydney, New South Wales)
1857
Token
Copper • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn80, N# 60866

½ Penny (Professor Holloway - London, England)
1857-1858
Token
Copper • 8.1 g • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn277, R# 263 - 265, N# 18016

½ Penny (John Andrew and Co. - Melbourne, Victoria)
1860
Token
Copper • ⌀ 27.50 mm
KM# TnA11, N# 26441

½ Penny (Alfred Nicholas - Hobart, Tasmania)
ND (1862)
Token
Copper • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn181, N# 60748

½ Penny (Weight and Johnson - Sydney, New South Wales)
ND (1862)
Token
Copper • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# Tn267, N# 60597

½ Penny (R.S.Waterhouse - Hobart, Tasmania)
ND (1863)
Token
Copper • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# Tn264, N# 59313

½ Penny (John Pettigrew and Co. - Ipswich, Queensland)
1865
Token
Copper • 5.366 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# Tn195, N# 53478

1 Penny (Hutton, G - Hobart Town, Tasmania)
ND
Token
Copper • 12.42 g • ⌀ 34 mm
Gray# 137, KM# Tn131, N# 163114

1 Penny (Iredale and Co. - Sydney, New South Wales)
ND
Token
Copper • ⌀ 34 mm
KM# Tn135, N# 22103