2026 Holey Dollar 'Origins of Australia' $1 Uncirculated Coin in Card
2026 $1 Holey Dollar Coin
The Royal Australian Mint is proud to present this 2026 $1 'Holev Dollar' Uncirculated Coir that celebrates a little-known link between the oriqins of Australia's iconic holey dollar ano dump coins and significant contemporary diplomatic anniversary.
In 2026, Australia and Mexico celebrates 60 years of diplomatic relations - a partnership built on cooperation, culture and sharec outlooks. Yet the connection between these two nations reaches back far deeper in time More than 1 50 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 adaption and exchange highlights an enduring link between Australia and Mexico - one forged not only through diplomacy, but through shared history, resourcefulness and the enduring legacy of our coin origins.
Struck by Royal Australian Mint from CuNi this coin is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965 and has a mintage of 35,000.
DESIGN
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. Also features the inscription 'ORIGINS OF AUSTRALIAN COIN"
recreation of the same 1813 holey dollar's obverse along with the effigy of His Majesty King Charles Ill sculpted by Daniel Thorne, monetary denomination and 2026 year-date.
PRESENTATION
The coin comes in blister packaging presented in a thematic presentation card.
Technical Specifications
- Year Date: 2026
- Denomination (AUD): 1.00
- Metal Content: CuNi
- Mass (g)12.58
- Diameter (mm): 30.00mm outer. 6.00mm inner
- Finish: Uncirculated