Summary
Australia Victoria
Sovereign 1881 M, shield reverse
Mint: Melbourne
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, 1881; the artist's initials, W.W., in raised letters on neck truncation; around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. The reverse features the royal shield of arms, garnished and crowned with the mint mark M 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, 1881 below; the artist's initials, W.W., in raised letters on neck truncation; around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA.
Reverse Description
The royal shield of arms, garnished and crowned with the mint mark M below the crossing point of the wreath and above the rose; around, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:
Edge Description
Milled
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Spink (Australia), May 1985
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Date Issued
1881 AD
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Issued By
HM Queen Victoria, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1881
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Mint
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Artist
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Artist
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Inscriptions
Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1881 W.W. Reverse: BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: M
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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), 7.978 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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