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2 Dollars - Victoria Electrotype Pattern

Features

Issuer Newfoundland (Canadian provinces)
Queen Victoria (1855-1901)
Type Patterns
Year 1864
Value 2 Dollars (2 NFD)
Currency Dollar (1865-1949)
Composition Gold
Weight 3.36 g
Diameter 17.98 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Issued Never issued
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
536495
References KM# Cf. Pn15
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Obverse

Bust of Victoria inside beaded circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VICTORIA D: G: REG:
NEWFOUNDLAND

Unabridged legend: Victoria Dei Gratia Regina

Translation: Victoria, By the grace of God, Queen

Reverse

Face value and year of issue in the centre, surrounded by a decorative circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 DOLLARS
1864

Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon

Edge

Plain

Comments

Electrotype Pattern, using the reverse of the 10 cents piece. 

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Dollars - Victoria (Electrotype Pattern)Picture 1 of a sold 2 Dollars - Victoria (Electrotype Pattern)
Stacks Bowers
August 2025 Global Showcase Auction
Lot 42060
Internet Archive
25 Aug 2025 AU
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