Australia ½ Sovereign - Victoria, 1857 – 1866

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Australia Australia
Currency Pound (1788 – 1966)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination ½ Sovereign - Victoria
Year 1857 – 1866
Ruler Victoria (1837–1901)
Composition Gold (.917)
Shape Round
Alignment Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 3.976
Diameter (mm) 19

Description

½ Sovereign - Victoria from Australia. Issued from 1857 to 1866. Struck in Gold (.917). Measures 19 mm and weighs 3.98 g.

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:
Reverse
At centre within a laurel wreath AUSTRALIA under a royal crown; above, SYDNEY MINT; below, HALF SOVEREIGN
Edge
Milled

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vf Comment Frequency
1866  154K € 410,00 22%
1866  — — Proof 4%
1865  62K € 640,00 19%
1864  141K — 26%
1863  348K — 15%
1862  210K — 22%
1861  186K € 400,00 37%
1860  156K — 11%
1859  341K — 30%
1858  483K — 26%
1858  — — Error strike 7%
1857  537K — 37%
1857  — — Proof 4%

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