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Full Sovereign


Old Head (1893 - 1901)

The final run of Victorian sovereigns were struck from 1893 to 1901 at the Sydney, Melbourne and in the final 3 years, the Perth mint after its opening in 1899. All dates can be considered rare in MS63 and very rare in MS64 and up with only a handful of certified examples (PCGS Population Chart, 2009). The key date of the series in the 1899 Perth mint sovereign and other key dates include the 1893 Melbourne and the 1898 Sydney. Several bank rolls were found of the Melbourne mint issues but most coins were graded between MS61 and MS62 with very few notably higher, this does however, account for the availability of some years in the lower mint state grades.
 
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Reverse Designer
Benedetto Pistrucci
Obverse Designer
Sir Thomas Brock
AGW
0.2354 oz
Size
21.5 mm
Composition
91.67% Gold
8.33% Copper
Bullion Value
$371.41
Reverse
Reverse

Obverse
Obverse

Business Strikes
Coin Mintage Average Circulated
1893-M 1,914,400 $390
1893-S 1,346,000 $390
1894-M 4,166,874 $390
1894-S 3,067,000 $390
1895-M 4,165,869 $390
1895-S 2,758,000 $390
1896-M 4,456,932 $390
1896-S 2,544,000 $390
1897-M 5,130,565 $390
1897-S 2,532,000 $390
1898-M 5,509,138 $390
1898-S 2,548,000 $390
1899-M 5,579,157 $390
1899-P 690,992 $420
1899-S 3,259,000 $390
1900-M 4,305,904 $390
1900-P 1,886,089 $390
1900-S 3,586,000 $390
1901-M 3,987,701 $390
1901-P 2,889,333 $390
1901-S 3,012,000 $390

Proof Strikes
Coin Mintage Typical Handled
1893-M Proof Unknown RARE
1893-S Proof Unknown RARE
1893-S Plain Edge Proof Unknown RARE
1894-M Proof Unknown RARE
1895-M Proof Unknown RARE
1896-M Proof Unknown RARE
1897-M Proof Unknown RARE
1898-M Proof Unknown RARE
1899-M Proof Unknown RARE
1899-P Proof Unique RARE
1900-M Proof Unknown RARE
1901-M Proof Unknown RARE
1901-P Proof Unknown RARE

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Glossary
  • bank roll - A common means of distributing coins where a bank would roll coins before distributing them to branches or customers
  • mint - a facility that produces coins
  • mint state - A state of a coin that shows no signs of circulation

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