Summary
Australia New South Wales
Sovereign, 1857 (AD)
Mint: Sydney
Other Details: This was the first year of the use of this portrait of Queen Victoria (although patterns of the design were struck in London in 1855 and 1856).
Physical Description
A gold coin (21.5 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 ONE SOVEREIGN below.
Obverse Description
Head of Queen Victoria facing left and wearing a wreath of banksia in hair, which is plaited, the date 1857 below.; around, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:
Reverse Description
At centre within a laurel wreath AUSTRALIA under a royal crown; above, SYDNEY MINT; below, ONE SOVEREIGN
Edge Description
Milled
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Alfred Chitty, 1923
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Date Issued
1857 AD
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Issued By
HM Queen Victoria, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Mint
Royal Mint, Sydney Branch, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1857
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Artist
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Inscriptions
Obverse: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: 1857 Reverse: SYDNEY MINT AUSTRALIA ONE SOVEREIGN
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Gold
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Axis
06
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
21.5 mm (Outside Diameter), 7.932 g (Weight)
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Exhibition Collection Management
21 mm (Outside Diameter)
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Shape
Round
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