1871 Gold Sovereign, Queen Victoria Shield

1871 GOLD SOVEREIGN, QUEEN VICTORIA.

Die: 109

Obverse:

Young head of Queen Victoria facing left wearing ribbon (double fillet) in her hair; the hair is collected up into a knot behind; around, the legend VICTORIA DEI GRATIA (Victoria, by the Grace of God); the designer's initials W.W. (for William Wyon) are incuse on the neck truncation (on most Sydney Mint coins in relief instead).

In the field below the neck truncation, the date 1871.

Reverse:

The Ensigns Armorial of the United Kingdom within a plain shield quartered with the arms of England (1 & 4), Scotland (2) and Ireland (3), surmounted by a crown. A branch of laurel is Shown on each side of the shield, tied at the bottom by a ribbon. At the bottom, the Thistle, Rose and Shamrock (symbols of Scotland, England and Ireland respectively) are placed with a small flower stop on each side.

Around, the rest of the monarch's legend (continuing from the obverse): BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: (Queen of the Britains, Defender of the Faith).

A die number (for coins minted in London) or the mint mark S (for coins minted at the Royal Mint Sydney branch) is located between the ribbon beneath the shield and the rose.

Known die numbers (as per Marsh 2017): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 54, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111 (46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 69, 83, 88, 94, 96, 107 not confirmed).

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