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1 Sovereign - 1880

KM-752 - 7,99 g - 21,5 mm

Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu

Edge - Reeded

Mintage - 3,650M

The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-d1901). 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 reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1880 is at the bottom. The reverse was designed by Bendetto Pistrucci. This is the variety without the BP initials below the ground.

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½ Sovereign - 1883 

KM-735.1 - 3,99 g - 19,3 mm

Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu

Edge - Reeded

The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-d1901). VICTORIA DEI GRATIA (Victoria by Grace of God) surrounds the bust with the date 1883 at the bottom.  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 obverse was designed by William W. Wyon and the reverse by J. B. Merlen. 

1 Sovereign - 1884

KM-752 - 7,99 g - 21,5 mm

Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu

Edge - Reeded

Mintage - 1,770M

The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-d1901). 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 reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1884 is at the bottom. The reverse was designed by Bendetto Pistrucci. This coin does not have the initials BP on the reverse.

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½ Sovereign - 1885 

KM-7356.2 - 3,99 g - 19,3 mm

Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu

Edge - Reeded

The obverse features a young bust of Queen Victoria (b1819-d1901). VICTORIA DEI GRATIA (Victoria by Grace of God) surrounds the bust with the date 1885 at the bottom.  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 obverse was designed by William W. Wyon and the reverse by J. B. Merlen. 

1 Sovereign - 1887

KM-767 - 7,99 g  - 21,5 mm

Fineness - 0,917 Au/0,083 Cu

Edge - Reeded

Mintage - 1,111M

The obverse features a jubilee bust (as a mourning widow on the golden jubilee of her reign of 1837-1887) of Queen Victoria (b1819-d1901). 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 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1887 is at the bottom. The reverse was designed by Bendetto Pistrucci.

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