Item NU 3176 Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1871

Summary

Australia New South Wales
Sovereign 1871 S Shield reverse
Mint: Sydney

This was the first year that Imperial sovereign types were struck in Australia.

Physical Description

A gold coin (21.5 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a head of Queen Victoria facing left with a plain band and fillet in her hair, the date, 1871 below; the artist's initials, W.W., in incuse letters on neck truncation; around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. The reverse features the royal shield of arms, garnished and crowned with the mint mark S below the crossing point of the wreath and above the rose; around, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:

Obverse Description

Head of Queen Victoria facing left with a plain band and fillet in her hair, the date, 1871 below; the artist's initials, W.W., in incuse letters on neck truncation; around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA.

Reverse Description

The royal shield of arms, garnished and crowned with the mint mark S below the crossing point of the wreath and above the rose; around, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:

Edge Description

Milled