2026 S$1 Aluminum-Bronze, Holey Dollar MS

The Royal Australian Mint is proud to present 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 outlook. 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 critical shortage of currency, Governor Lachlan Macquarie authorised their transformation into Australia's first distinctive coin: 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 forged not only through diplomacy, but through shared history, resourcefulness and the enduring legacy of our coin origins.

Source: Royal Australian Mint