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1/2 Sovereign - Victoria
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1871-1887 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed young effigy of Queen Victoria facing left, engraved by William Wyon after the model by Sir Francis Chantrey, with hair drawn back and arranged in a chignon secured by a fillet. The date appears in the lower exergue. The peripheral legend arcs around the upper field, separated from the toothed border by a narrow rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1871 S - - 180,000 1871 S - Proof - 1872 S - - 356,000 1873 M - - 165,000 1875 S - - 252,000 1877 M - Narrow Ribbon - 80,016 1877 M - Wide Ribbon - 80,016 1879 S - - 220,000 1880 S - - 80,000 1880 S - Proof - 1881 - Proof - 1881 M - Around 500 surviving examples - 42,009 1881 S - - 62,000 1882 M - - 106,000 1882 S - - 52,000 1883 S - - 220,000 1883 S - Proof - 1884 M - - 48,000 1884 M - Proof; 2 known - 1885 M - - 11,000 1886 - Proof - 1886 M - - 38,000 1886 S - - 82,000 1887 M - - 64,000 1887 S - - 134,000 |
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