½ Sovereign - Victoria
© Museum Victoria
Features
| Country | Australia - Colonial |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1857-1866 |
| Value | 1/2 Sovereign (1/2) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1929) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 3.976 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| References |
KM#
3, Standard Catalog of World Coins
Fr#
10a by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present
by Arthur L. Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg ( Coin & Currency Institute, 2017) |
Obverse
Head of Queen Victoria facing left and wearing a wreath of banksia which is plaited, the date 1864 below; around, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:
Lettering:
VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D:
1864
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Leonard Charles Wyon was a British engraver of the Victorian era most notable for his work on the gold and silver coinage struck for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 and the bronze coinage of 1860 with the second head portrait, in use from 1860 to 1894.Reverse
At centre within a laurel wreath AUSTRALIA under a royal crown; above, SYDNEY MINT; below, HALF SOVEREIGN
Lettering:
SYDNEY MINT
AUSTRALIA
HALF SOVEREIGN
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Leonard Charles Wyon was a British engraver of the Victorian era most notable for his work on the gold and silver coinage struck for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 and the bronze coinage of 1860 with the second head portrait, in use from 1860 to 1894.Edge
Milled
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 537,000 | ||||||||||
| 1857 | Proof | ||||||||||
| 1858 | 483,000 | ||||||||||
| 1858 | Error strike | ||||||||||
| 1859 | 341,000 | ||||||||||
| 1860 | 156,000 | ||||||||||
| 1861 | 186,000 | ||||||||||
| 1862 | 210,000 | ||||||||||
| 1863 | 348,000 | ||||||||||
| 1864 | 141,000 | ||||||||||
| 1865 | 62,000 | ||||||||||
| 1866 | 154,000 | ||||||||||
| 1866 | Proof | ||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 85
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