Queen Victoria
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| The reign of Victoria (1837-1901), niece of William IV, was long enough to prompt three distinctive portraits. These depicted her as the young woman of 18 on her ascension to the throne, as a mourning widow on her golden jubilee in 1887 and as an elderly empress in 1893 The initial reverse type for gold coins was the shield and crown motif, supplemented on the sovereign with a heraldic wreath. This was succeeded in 1871 by the scene of St. George slaying the dragon | |||
| In the case of the St George reverse, the date appears on the reverse with the
mintmark on the obverse, just below the portrait. With the Shield reverse the date appears below
Victoria's portrait on the obverse and the mintmark on the reverse. Young Heads were introduced in 1838, for list of mintages please see Sovereign Mintages Page |
| Queen Victoria Young Head  1871-1887 |
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| Introduction of St George Reverse Mintage figures indicate total for both St George and Shield sovereigns issued, no separate figures were kept. London issued both types until 1874 whilst the branch mints continued until 1887 |
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Sydney Branch Started Production of Imperial Sovereigns in 1871 |
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| Year | London | Sydney | |
| 1871 Proof (1) | Extremely Rare | ||
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| 1871 | 8,767,250 | 2,814,000 | |
| Melbourne Branch Opened in 1872 | |||
| Year | London | Sydney | Melbourne |
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| 1872 | 13,486,708 | 1,815,000 | 748,180 |
| 1873 | 2,368,215 | 1,478,000 | 752,199 (1) |
| 1874 | 520,713 | 1,899,000 (1) | 1,373,298 |
| 1875 | 2,122,000 | 1,888,405 (1) | |
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| 1876 | 3,318,866 | 1,613,000 (1) | 2,124,445 (1) |
| 1877 | 1,590,000 | 1,487,316 (1) | |
| 1878 | 1,091,275 | 1,259,000 | 2,171,457 (1) |
| 1879 | 20,013 | 1,366,000 | 2,740,594 (1) |
| 1880 | 3,650,080 | 1,459,000 | 3,053,454 |
| 1881 | 1,360,000 | 2,234,800 | |
| 1882 | 1,298,000 | 2,465,781 | |
| 1883 | 1,108,000 | 2,050,450 | |
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| 1884 | 1,769,635 | 1,595,000 | 2,942,630 |
| 1885 | 717,723 | 1,486,000 | 2,967,143 |
| 1886 | 1,667,000 | 2,902,131 | |
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| 1887 | 1,000,000 | 1,916,424 | |
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