Description Australian Gold Coinage 1853-1931. 1861 Half Sovereign. Sydney Mint reverse, Victoria 1857-66. Type 2. Mintage: 186,000. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria facing left and wearing a wreath of banksia which is plaited. Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon. Legend: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D: 1861 Reverse: At centre within a laurel wreath AUSTRALIA under a royal crown; above, SYDNEY MINT; below, HALF SOVEREIGN. Gold, 0.917, 3.976g, 19mm, edge milled. Catalogue: KM#3. Grade: gVF
