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A gold coin (22.05 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a head of Queen Victoria facing left, her hair plain and filleted; the legend, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F:D: around and the date, 1855 below. The reverse features the word AUSTRALIA below a royal crown within a wreath of laurel; around above, SYDNEY MINT, around below, ONE SOVEREIGN. This was the first year that sovereigns were struck at Sydney. | ||||||
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Variety | Pattern, proof only | |
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Mintage | Issued: unknown | |
Details | Type 2 obverse (second portrait). Only one example available to collectors. |
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 | ||
McDonald, Australian Coins and Banknotes | Varieties | Pattern, proof only | ||
Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Design | link |
Royal Mint |
Country | New South Wales |
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Currency | NSW Pound |
Period | Australian Sovereign (1855 - 1870) |
Coin Type | Australian Sovereign |
Issued | 1855 |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Effigy | Queen Victoria - Portrait by James Wyon (Fillet Head) |
Reverse | Imperial Crown - St Edward's Crown and the Tudor Crown |
Face Value | 1 (x Pound) |
Total Mintage | 502,000 |
Current | No |
Material | 0.9167 Gold |
Designer | Leonard Charles Wyon |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Coin Alignment (Axis 6) |
Size | 22.0500 mm |
Mass | 7.9881 g |
OCC ID | DBYN-KODD-CGZP-OPQM |
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Australia 1855-S sovereign
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Australia 1855-S sovereign
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Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1855
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Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1855
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Source | Reference ID |
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Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World | Australia 9 |
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Australia KM# 2, KM# Pn4 (Pattern) |
McDonald, Australian Coins and Banknotes | McD 102, McD 102a (Pattern) |
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | S1 |