| Issuer | Australia |
| Year | 1871-1887 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1/2 Sovereign |
| Currency | Pound (1788-1966) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 3.994 g |
| Dimensions | 19.3 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: William Wyon Reverse: Jean Baptiste Merlen |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#5 |
| Obverse description | Young head of Queen Victoria facing left, hair filleted. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA DEI GRATIA
1884 (Translation: Victoria [by the] Grace of God) |
| Reverse description | Garnished shield, crowned and lined. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:
M (Translation: of the United Kingdom Queen Defender of the Faith) |
| Edge | Milled |
| Mint | M Royal Mint, Melbourne, Australia(1872-1969) S Royal Mint, Sydney, Australia(1855-1926) |
| 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 |
| Catalog ID | 3552733400 |
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