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1858 Sydney Mint Australia Half Gold Sovereign NGC VF35 Lovely Coin

$ 525.36

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Composition: Gold
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
  • Certification Number: 1994018-043
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • KM Number: 3
  • Certification: NGC
  • Year: 1858
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Grade: VF 35

    Description

    Scarce 1858 Sydney Mint Type Australia Gold Half Sovereign Coin
    Reserve Bank of Australia Coin
    NGC Certified and Graded as Very Fine
    (
    VF35
    ).
    Mintage: Only 483,000
    Composition 91.67% Gold, 8.33% Silver
    AGW 0.1178 oz
    Weight 3.994g (Melt Value = 9 as of July 3, 2020)
    Type II obverse: Queen Victoria's portrait wears a wreath made from banksia leaves, and her is in a knotted braid.
    The legend reads VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR REGINA F:D:.
    The abbreviated Latin legend translates as "Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith."
    The reverse, designed by Leonard Charles Wyon, bears the Sydney Mint banksia wreath design surrounding AUSTRALIA , and positioned below a crown with the legend SYDNEY MINT HALF SOVEREIGN encircling the design.