Hey Ron That is interesting The India link is that I see the original Spanish coins were brought in by (an EIC??) ship in 1812 from Madras The coins circulated in NSW from 1812 until they began to be withdrawn from 1822 The values Caroline gave us were as at 1800 - so presumably all sorts of foreign coin were accepted as legal tender in the early times of the Aus colony - who said Australians were insular..!! Stephen Thwaite New Zealand //// ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron howe" <[email protected]> > On 18 September 2010 21:52, Thwaite <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rupert > > ..............surely the table means just what it says - ie the value of > > the > > various other coins as expressed in Australian currency..........? > > > > check holey dollar in google. >