Item NU 3149 Coin - Half Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1871

Summary

Australia New South Wales Sydney
Half Sovereign, 1871 S
Mint: Sydney

This was the first year that the Sydney Mint employed the Imperial coin designs.

Physical Description

A gold coin (19 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a young head of Queen Victoria facing left, hair filleted; around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, below, 1871. On the reverse, a garnished shield, crowned and lined, around, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID:DEF: and below the mint mark, S.

Obverse Description

Young head of Queen Victoria facing left, hair filleted; around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, below, 1871.

Reverse Description

Garnished shield, crowned and lined, around, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID:DEF: and below the mint mark, S.

Edge Description

milled