Victorian Gold Sovereign Coin

This sovereign features the third effigy of queen victoria used on coinage.

Victorian gold sovereign coin.

The young head victoria gold full sovereign is made of 7 98g of 917 purity gold it is 22 05 mm in diameter and 1 56 mm thick. Since 1990 it is also known as the five sovereign piece or quintuple sovereign as it is equivalent to five sovereign coins and shares the alloy and design features of the sovereign. The old head victorian coin also known as the veiled head due to the portrait featuring the monarch wearing a veil rather than a crown is generally the least valuable of the three versions. Browse our range of queen victoria sovereign ranging from young head and old head queen victoria sovereigns.

The five sovereign or 5 gold crown this weights 39 96 and the gold content of the coin is 36 609. Design of the victoria young head full sovereign. Full gold sovereign queen victoria 1883. Queen victoria died in 1901 making this one of the last coins struck during her reign.

It is sold at the rate of 1 124 13 it is sold at the rate of 1 124 13 the double sovereign or 2 weights 15 99. On the obverse both types bear the left facing head of the queen not wearing her crown. Queen victoria coin packs set of 3 gold sovereigns. The gold content is 14 674.

Old head victorian gold sovereign value. Just over 3 million sovereigns were struck for circulation at the royal mint s former site at tower hill. Make offer 1884 m sovereign gold coin sydney victoria young head 0 2354 oz douro shipwreck 1876 great britain gold sovereign queen victoria ngc ms 60 cert 1 399 00. Restrike 1 2 sovereign queen victoria young head gold plated 1883 1880 1867 73.

Restrike 1893 queen victoria 5 sovereign gold plated coin collector. It is now a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery in most recent years it has borne the design of saint george and the dragon on the reverse. The five pounds gold coin is a british coin produced in several periods since the early 19th century. The initials b p.

A sovereign from the last year of queen victoria s reign.