1½ Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; Colonial issue
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1838-1870 |
| Value | 1½ Pence (1⁄160) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 0.71 g |
| Diameter | 12 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 13826 |
| References | KM# 728 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). |
Obverse
Young uncrowned portrait ('Young Head') of Queen Victoria left, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F:D:
Unabridged legend: Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensatrix
Translation: Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of Britain Defender of the Faith
Engraver: William Wyon
Reverse
Crowned denomination above date within oak wreath.
Note: overdate variety exists (see below)
Script: Latin
Lettering:
1½
1838
Engraver: Jean Baptiste Merlen
Mint
Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)Comments
The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real.
1843/34 overdate variety:
1843/34 overdate variety:
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
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| 1838 | 
|
539 000 | $ 12 | $ 36 | 21% | ||||||||||
| 1838 | Proof | 0.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1839 |
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760 000 | $ 7.10 | $ 11 | $ 22 | 21% | |||||||||
| 1840 |
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95 000 | $ 13 | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1841 | 158 000 | 4% | |||||||||||||
| 1842 | 1 869 000 | 7% | |||||||||||||
| 1843 |
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475 000 | $ 6.90 | $ 9.70 | $ 20 | $ 30 | $ 34 | $ 150 | 55% | ||||||
| 1843 | 1843/34 overdate | 1.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1843 | 1843/34 overdate; Proof | 0.17% | |||||||||||||
| 1843 | Proof | 0.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1860 | 160 000 | 6% | |||||||||||||
| 1862 |
|
256 000 | $ 5.90 | $ 48 | 11% | ||||||||||
| 1862 | Proof | 0.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1870 | Proof | 0.17% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 16
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Bullion value: USD 1.55
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Actual silver weight: 0.021 oz
Current silver price: 73.28 USD/oz (see silver price 
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