AUSTRALIA GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN, 1914-P PERTH

AUSTRALIA GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN, 1914-P PERTH

Australian Gold Coins Gold Sovereign, Melbourne Mint 1894 Queen Victoria "Veiled Head"

Australian Gold Coins - Queen Victoria Gold Sovereign

Australian Gold Coins - Queen Victoria "Veiled Head" - Australian Gold Sovereign, Melbourne Mint, 1894.
COIN CONTAINS .2354 OUNCES OF PURE GOLD

Obverse Description: Crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left, veiled and draped, wearing ribbon and Star of Garter; around, VICTORIA . DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP . T.B. the artist's initials, T.B. are below the bust.
Reverse Description: St. George on horseback holding short sword in right hand, wearing a flowing cape, helmet and boots; the horse rearing to right over fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; the date, 1894 in the exergue. The mint mark M is in the ground above the middle of the date.
Edge Description: Milled
Inscriptions: Obverse: VICTORIA . DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP . T.B.
Reverse: 1894 M

Issued By:  HM Queen Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Mint: Melbourne (Mint)
Artist: Thomas Brock - Royal Mint, London.
Artist: Benedetto Pistrucci - Royal Mint, London.

Australian Gold Coins Gold Sovereign, Melbourne Mint, 1884 Young head of Queen Victoria

Australian Gold Coins - Full Sovereign Gold Coin dated 1884, Young head of Queen Victoria (M - Melbourne mint).

Obverse Design: Young head of Queen Victoria facing to left, with a plain band and fillet around hair. The mint mark M below; around, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: The artist's initials W.W. on the truncation of the neck.
Reverse Design: St. George on horseback holding short sword, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date, 1884 and the artist's initials B.P., it was created by a talented and young Italian, Benedetto Pistrucci.

Weight: 7.9881 grams of Gold (0.2354 oz., 0.917 GOLD), Diameter: 22 mm
Reported Mintage: 2.942.000
Krause-Mishler Catalog: KM# 7
Edge Description: Milled
Inscriptions: Obverse: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: M W.W.
                        Reverse: 1884 B.P.
Issued By:  HM Queen Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mint: Melbourne (Mint)
Artist: William Wyon - Royal Mint, London
Artist: Benedetto Pistrucci - Royal Mint, London
Bibliography: [Book], Mr William Mullett - Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, Gold Coinage and Refining at the Melbourne Mint, 1991