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holey dollar
noun
a Spanish dollar with a hole punched in the centre CANADA- In order to prevent the citizens from taking the coins off the Island to areas where the exchange rate was higher, the authorities punched out the centre. The punched out disc was used as a shilling while the outer rim retained the 5s. Halifax value. — Commercial Letter, p. 6/2, January 1963
- The Holey Dollar is now a rare collector’s item. — H.C. Taylor, Canadian Coins, p. 19, 1964
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