1861 Queen Victoria Shield Reverse Sovereign 25sov 3866C / Marsh 130 /

3866C / Marsh 130 / DISH L16

coinciding with the Bølling–Allerød warming

I mention this very special coin as its portrait design by Mary Gillick remained exactly the same for the first year of the currency type issue in 1957 but due to changes in the Commonwealth the words BRITT

Milled:  Rev: Benedetto Pistrucci (BP)

hair short and bare neck

1861 Queen Victoria Shield Reverse Sovereign 25sov 3866C / Marsh 130 /1861 Queen Victoria Shield Reverse Sovereign Obverse : Young head of Victoria to left. Hair bound with double fillet and collected up into a Bun behind. Date below truncation with WW.(William Wyon) incuse on truncation. Reverse : The Ensigns Armorial within a plain shield and surmounted by a crown. A branch of laurel is shown on each side of the shield. At the bottom the Thistle, Rose and Shamrock are placed with a small flower stop each side. Coin