½ Sovereign - Victoria
© Museum Victoria
Features
| Issuer |
British colonies
(Australia)
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1857-1866 |
| Value | ½ Sovereign |
| Currency | Pound (1788-1966) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 3.976 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 14959 |
| References | KM# 3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). |
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:
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D:
1864
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Reverse
At centre within a laurel wreath AUSTRALIA under a royal crown; above, SYDNEY MINT; below, HALF SOVEREIGN
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SYDNEY MINT
AUSTRALIA
HALF SOVEREIGN
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Edge
Milled
Mint
Royal Mint, Sydney, Australia (1855-1926)See also
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1857 | 
|
537 000 | $ 5200 | 41% | |||||||||||
| 1857 | Proof | 5% | |||||||||||||
| 1858 | 483 000 | 23% | |||||||||||||
| 1858 | Error strike | 8% | |||||||||||||
| 1859 |
|
341 000 | $ 750 | 26% | |||||||||||
| 1860 |
|
156 000 | 13% | ||||||||||||
| 1861 |
|
186 000 | $ 720 | $ 990 | $ 1300 | 33% | |||||||||
| 1862 |
|
210 000 | $ 1400 | 23% | |||||||||||
| 1863 | 348 000 | 21% | |||||||||||||
| 1864 | 141 000 | 26% | |||||||||||||
| 1865 |
|
62 000 | $ 750 | $ 13 000 | 18% | ||||||||||
| 1866 |
|
154 000 | $ 1100 | $ 1100 | $ 1100 | 18% | |||||||||
| 1866 | Proof | 5% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 71
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Bullion value: USD 519.85
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Actual gold weight: 0.117 oz
Current gold price: 4434.75 USD/oz (see gold price 
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