| Coin | Australian Half Sovereign 1863 |
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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 1863 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. |
| Mint | Sydney Mint |
Mint Mark | Sydney Mint |
Total Mintage |
150,000
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| Obverse | |
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Head of Queen Victoria facing left and wearing a wreath of banksia which is plaited, the date 1863 below; around, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: |
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| Reverse | |
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At centre within a laurel wreath AUSTRALIA under a royal crown; above, SYDNEY MINT; below, HALF SOVEREIGN. |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Half sovereigns bearing this date were all struck in June 1863. The mintage figure was 150,000; the higher figure normally reported reflects the use of 1862 dated dies in 1863.
Renniks 1965 and later catalogues list mintage of 348,500. |
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