Country | Australia - Colonial |
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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,
Arthur L. Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg, Robert Friedberg; 2017. Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present (9th edition). Coin & Currency Institute, Williston, Vermont, USA. ISBN 9780871843098.
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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
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
Milled
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Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||
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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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