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This is a modest collection of second millennium gold coins of Australia from the late-1800s into the 20th Century
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COMMONWEALTH
1 Sovereign - 1881 - M
KM-007 - 7,99 g - 21,5 mm
Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu
Edge - Reeded
Mintage - 3,053M
The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-1901). VICTORIA D:G: BRITTANIAR:REG:F:D: (Victoria by Grace of God, British Queen, Defender of the Faith) surrounds the bust. The obverse was designed by William W. Wyon. The mintmark S (for the Sydney mint) is below the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1881 is at the bottom. The reverse was designed by Bendetto Pistrucci. The Melbourne Mint was opened in 1872 as a second branch mint to the London Royal Mint. This coin is the variety without B.P. on the reverse.
1 Sovereign - 1881 - S
KM-007 - 7,99 g - 21,5 mm
Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu
Edge - Reeded
Mintage - 1,360M
The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-1901). VICTORIA D:G: BRITTANIAR:REG:F:D: (Victoria by Grace of God, British Queen, Defender of the Faith) surrounds the bust. The obverse was designed by William W. Wyon. The mintmark S (for the Sydney mint) is below the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1881 is at the bottom. The reverse was designed by Bendetto Pistrucci. The Sydney Mint was opened in 1855 as a branch mint to the London Royal Mint. This coin is the variety without B.P. on the reverse.
1 Sovereign - 1882 - S
KM-006 - 7,99 g - 21,5 mm
Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu
Edge - Reeded
Mintage - 1.298.000
The obverse features a young bust (of a young woman of 18 on her ascension to the throne) of Queen Victoria (b1819-1901). VICTORIA DEI GRATIA (Victoria by Grace of God) surrounds the bust. The date 1882 is below the bust. The obverse was designed by William W. Wyon. The reverse has the the Ensigns Armorial of the United Kingdom contained in a plain shield, surmounted by the Royal Crown and encircled with a laurel wreath, with the inscription BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID DEF (British Queen, Defender of the Faith), having the united rose, thistle and shamrock placed under the shield. The shield was designed by Johann Baptiste Merlen.The mintmark S (for the Sydney mint) is below the bow of the wreath. The Sydney Mint was opened in 1855 as a branch mint to the London Royal Mint. It is believed that most of the Shield reverse sovereigns were exported to India as the St. George reverse was unacceptable for religious grounds on the basis of idolatry.
1 Sovereign - 1882 - M
KM-007 - 7,99 g - 21,5 mm
Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu
Edge - Reeded
Mintage - 2,466M
The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-1901). VICTORIA D:G: BRITTANIAR:REG:F:D: (Victoria by Grace of God, British Queen, Defender of the Faith) surrounds the bust. The obverse was designed by William W. Wyon. The mintmark M (for the Melbourne mint) is below the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1882 is at the bottom. The reverse was designed by Bendetto Pistrucci. The Sydney Mint was opened in 1855 as a branch mint to the London Royal Mint. This coin is the variety without B.P. on the reverse.
1 Sovereign - 1882 - S
KM-007 - 7,99 g - 21,5 mm
Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu
Edge - Reeded
Mintage - 2,740M
The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-1901). VICTORIA D:G: BRITTANIAR:REG:F:D: (Victoria by Grace of God, British Queen, Defender of the Faith) surrounds the bust. The obverse was designed by William W. Wyon. The mintmark S (for the Sydney mint) is below the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1882 is at the bottom. The reverse was designed by Bendetto Pistrucci. The Sydney Mint was opened in 1855 as a branch mint to the London Royal Mint. This coin is the variety without B.P. on the reverse.
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