2026 $1 Holey Dollar Uncirculated Coin in Card

2026 $1 Holey Dollar Uncirculated Coin in Card 

The Royal Australian Mint has just release this 2026 $1 'Holey Dollar' Uncirculated Coin that celebrates a little-known link between the origins of Australia's iconic holey dollar and dump coins and significant contemporary diplomatic anniversary.

In 2026, Australia and Mexico celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations - a partnership built on cooperation, culture and shared outlooks.

Yet the connection between these two nations reaches back far deeper in time.
More than 150 years earlier, Spanish silver dollars struck in colonial Mexican mints travelled vast ocean trade routes to the fledgling colony of New South Wales.
Faced with a critical shortage of currency, Governor Lachlan Macquarie authorised their transformation into Australia's first distinctive coins: the Holey Dollar and Dump. By punching out their centres, these global coins were ingeniously remade to serve a new economy.

Today, this remarkable story of adaptation and exchange highlights an enduring link between Australia and Mexico - one forges not only through diplomacy, but through shared history, resourcefulness and the enduring legacy of our coin origins.

The coin features the iconic 'holey dollar' shape.

The coin's reverse features a stunning recreation of the reverse of the 1823 holey dollar held in the National Coin Collection, along with an 1813 dump and floral symbols of golden wattle for Australia and dahlia for Mexico.

The coin's obverse features a detailed recreation of the same 1813 holey dollar's obverse along with the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III sculpted by Daniel Thorne.

Blistered coin in a presentation card.

Each coin is issued as Australian Legal Tender.

Limited Mintage of just 35,000.

Denomination :     $1

Finish :                 Uncirculated

Weight :               12.58 gms

Diameter :            30mm Outer / 6mm Inner

Mintage :              35,000

Authenticity :        The Royal Australian Mint packaging