?Image from: A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd . Very Nice Victoria 1842 Sovereign with Open 2. 'Auction 79 8 May 2013'. Retrieved from https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=452&lot=971
? The 1922 half penny is one of the easier dates in the series owing to its high initial mintage of almost 7 million coins. It is available right up to MS66 thanks to two bank rolls surfacing but most of the coins were toned brown and finding higher grade examples with original mint brilliance can be quite difficult. If original mint brilliance is not required, this coin makes an excellent type coin due to its availability in MS65 and up. The date is sometimes very softly struck, ...
? The Melbourne mint opened its doors in 1872 but it wasn't until 1873 that the first half sovereigns were struck with an M mintmark underneath the shield. A total of 165,034 half sovereigns were struck in 1873 and unlike the early Sydney mint designs, the Melbourne mint had a standardised reverse design throughout the series though the obverse had three different variants. Reverse: Melbourne mint 'M' mintmark directly below the shield and between two rosettes ...
? The obverse of this coin is Type C with the legend VICTORIA QUEEN. The reverse has the legend HONG KONG 1862 with a wreath inside. In the centre is the denomination TEN CENTS. The heads side of the coinThe inscription around the inner edge of the coinThe tails side of the coin
Note wrong photo The Type III Shield sovereign features the Imperial shield design on the reverse paired with William Wyon's portrait of Queen Victoria on the obverse. It differs from the Type II Shield sovereign by having a smaller bust. A key identification point is illustrated below. The mint of this issue can be identified by a mintmark beneath the shield on the reverse as shown in the illustrations below: The absence of a mintmark or the presence of a die number indicates ...