

Victoria - Young Head (Shield)
The Victoria Young Head Sovereign displays the Queen's "young head" portrait on the obverse. This can be identified through the hair tied into a double fillet with a large ponytail bun at the rear. The edges are milled with a linear circle around the raised border. This Victorian Sovereign design also features the initials of William Wyon on the bust truncation. The Victoria Young Head would remain a stable of British gold sovereigns from 1838 to 1887.
The Shieldback Sovereign’s reverse engraving displays a thistle and rose tied together by a ribbon. The inner sides bear eleven pearls, with five more in the upright centre. The outer sides of the Sovereign include a laurel.
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W.W. State
Date | Monarch | Head type | Mint | Ww state | Die number | Scarcity | Reference | Gilchrist | Photos |
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1838 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-838L.V1C1 | 2200? | ![]() ![]() |
1838 | Victoria | Young | London | Not Known | - | TBC | G-838L.V1C2 | 2201? | ![]() ![]() |
1839 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-839L.V1C1 | 2300? | ![]() ![]() |
1839 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-839L.V1P2 | 2302? | ![]() ![]() |
1839 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-839L.V1P1 | 2301? | ![]() ![]() |
1839 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-839L.V1P3 | 2303? | ![]() |
1841 | Victoria | Young | London | Not Known | - | TBC | G-841L.V1C1 | 2400? | ![]() ![]() |
1841 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-841L.V1C2 | 2401? | ![]() ![]() |
1842 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-842L.V1C1 | 2500? | ![]() ![]() |
1842 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-842L.V1C2 | 2501? | ![]() ![]() |
1842 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-842L.V1C3 | 2502? | ![]() ![]() |
1843 | Victoria | Young | London | Not Known | - | TBC | G-843L.V1C4 | 2603? | ![]() ![]() |
1843 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-843L.V1C1 | 2600? | ![]() ![]() |
1843 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-843L.V1C12 | 2617? | ![]() |
1843 | Victoria | Young | London | Raised | - | TBC | G-843L.V1C2 | 2601? | ![]() ![]() |