1861/0 Sydney Mint Type II Half Sovereign PCGS VF20
Obverse: Type II bust of Victoria to left, date below
Reverse: AUSTRALIA within wreath, denomination below
Diameter: 22.00mm | Weight: 7.99g | Purity: 91.67 | AGW: 0.2354 ozt
Mintage: 186,000 (Part)
This is an honest example of a truly scarce Type 2 half sov variety.
When compared to other series of Australian coins, the Type II half soveriegns are absolutely riddled with date and legend varieties. Correspondence between the Sydney Mint and the Royal Mint in London regularly discussed the challenges that Sydney Mint staff had when producing these relatively small and thin coins.
Date and legend varieties such as this were the result of dies cracking and being restored "on the fly" by Mint staff who only had access to a limited range of the tools required.
This coin is clearly the result of an 1860-dated reverse die being punched with the new date - it is clear that the previous zero was not fully ground off the face of the reverse die before the new digit was struck onto it.
This is one of 7 examples graded by PCGS so far - the others are higher grade, which makes this an affordable entry into the Type II variety market.
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PCGS Certificate Number: 48485838
SKU: 12044
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