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A gold coin (19 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a head of Queen Victoria facing left and wearing a wreath of banksia with the date 1857 below. The reverse features the word AUSTRALIA below a royal crown within a wreath of laurel and with the words SYDNEY MINT above and HALF SOVEREIGN below. | ||||||
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Royal Mint |
Variety | Overdate 1857/5 | |
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Mintage | Issued: unknown | |
Variety | Proof, plain edge | |
Mintage | Issued: unknown |
Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | link | |
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | 1965 | Mint | ||
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | 1965 | Mintage | ||
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | 1965 | Varieties | Proof, Overdate | |
Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Design | link |
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Royal Mint |
Country | New South Wales |
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Currency | NSW Pound |
Period | Australian Sovereign (1855 - 1870) |
Coin Type | Australian Half Sovereign |
Issued | 1857 |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Effigy | Queen Victoria - Portrait by Leonard Charles Wyon (Young Head with Banksia) |
Reverse | Imperial Crown - St Edward's Crown and the Tudor Crown |
Face Value | 1/2 (x Pound) |
Total Mintage | 537,000 |
Current | No |
Material | 0.9167 Gold |
Designer | Leonard Charles Wyon |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Coin Alignment (Axis 6) |
Size | 19.3000 mm |
Mass | 3.9940 g |
OCC ID | RDKL-MOMK-CPNG-ONZB |
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Source | Reference ID |
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Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World | Australia 10 |
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Australia KM# 3 |
McDonald, Australian Coins and Banknotes | McD 004, McD 004a (Proof), McD 004b (Overdate) |
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | H3 |