Australia 1988 dollar KM-112
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This specimen was lot 3508 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $95. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA: Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, AR dollar, 1988, The Holey Dollar - Yulunggul, the Rainbow Serpent, Proof." Another dollar (KM 109) was struck in aluminum bronze as a circulating commemorative to honor the bicentennial of the First Fleet. A 25¢ dump (KM 113) was also fabricated and included in the set. The original Holey dollar is now a famous rarity.
Recorded mintage: 100,000.
Specification: 31.1 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-112.
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- Pitt, Michael, Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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