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Sovereign - 1888 to 1931 - Price Guide

As the advancing years crept up on Queen Victoria, it was time that her portrait was updated. The resulting design by Thomas (later Sir Thomas) Brock was to become known as the Old Head design although it is probably kinder to Victoria's memory to call it the Veiled Head type. This design was struck continuously until Victoria's death in 1901 after a reign of sixty-three years.

From 1894, the shield reverse half sovereign was dropped in favour of the St. George design.

Edward VII's short reign saw an abundance of gold sovereigns and half sovereigns from all three mints.

The designer of the George V Australian silver and bronze issues, Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal, was selected to produce the obverse design for the George V sovereign and half sovereign coins. Like de Saules, Mackennal preferred a bare-headed design of the monarch for the gold series, while both men went for the more majestic crown and robes for the silver and bronze issues.

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  • Uncirculated
Variety G-4 VG-8 F-12 VF-20 EF-40 AU-50
1888 - Sydney - Normal J.E.B. - Near G ----$906$906
1888 - Sydney - Normal J.E.B. - Far G ----$906$906
1888 - Sydney - SS JEB ----$906$906
1888 - Melbourne - Near G ----$906$906
1888 - Melbourne - Far G -----$906
1889 - Sydney - Near G ----$906$906
1889 - Sydney - Far G ----$906$906
1889 - Melbourne - Near G ----$906$906
1889 - Melbourne - Far G ----$906$906
1890 - Sydney - Near G ----$906$906
1890 - Sydney - Far G ----$906$906
1890 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1891 - Sydney ----$906$906
1891 - Melbourne - Long Tail ----$906$906
1891 - Melbourne - Short Tail ---$906$906$906
1892 - Sydney ----$906$906
1892 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1893 - Sydney ----$906$906
1893 - Veiled head - Sydney ----$906$906
1893 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1893 - Veiled head - Melbourne ----$906$906
1894 - Sydney ----$906$906
1894 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1895 - Sydney ----$906$906
1895 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1896 - Sydney ----$906$906
1896 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1897 - Sydney ----$906$906
1897 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1898 - Sydney ----$906$906
1898 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1899 - Sydney ----$906$906
1899 - Perth ---$906$906$906
1899 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1900 - Sydney ----$906$906
1900 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1900 - Perth ----$906$906
1901 - Sydney ----$906$906
1901 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1901 - Perth ----$906$906
1902 - Sydney ----$906$906
1902 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1902 - Perth ----$906$906
1903 - Sydney ----$906$906
1903 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1903 - Perth ----$906$906
1904 - Sydney ----$906$906
1904 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1904 - Perth ----$906$906
1905 - Sydney ----$906$906
1905 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1905 - Perth ----$906$906
1906 - Sydney ----$906$906
1906 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1906 - Perth ----$906$906
1907 - Sydney ----$906$906
1907 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1907 - Perth ----$906$906
1908 - Sydney ----$906$906
1908 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1908 - Perth ----$906$906
1909 - Sydney ----$906$906
1909 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1909 - Perth ----$906$906
1910 - Sydney ----$906$906
1910 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1910 - Perth ----$906$906
1911 - Sydney ----$906$906
1911 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1911 - Perth ----$906$906
1912 - Sydney ----$906$906
1912 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1912 - Perth ----$906$906
1913 - Sydney ----$906$906
1913 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1913 - Perth ----$906$906
1914 - Sydney ----$906$906
1914 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1914 - Perth ----$906$906
1915 - Sydney ----$906$906
1915 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1915 - Perth ----$906$906
1916 - Sydney ----$906$906
1916 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1916 - Perth ----$906$906
1917 - Sydney ----$906$906
1917 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1917 - Perth ----$906$906
1918 - Sydney ----$906$906
1918 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1918 - Perth ----$906$906
1919 - Sydney ----$906$906
1919 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1919 - Perth ----$906$906
1920 - Sydney -----$342,000
1920 - Melbourne --$1,030$2,660$3,710$5,600
1920 - Perth ----$906$906
1921 - Sydney --$906$906$1,070$1,660
1921 - Melbourne --$7,200$11,400$13,100$19,200
1921 - Perth ----$906$906
1922 - Sydney --$5,700$12,900$14,900$21,900
1922 - Melbourne --$2,280$6,500$8,900$12,400
1922 - Perth ----$906$906
1923 - Sydney --$4,750$10,300$12,100$16,900
1923 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1923 - Perth ----$906$906
1924 - Sydney --$906$906$1,050$1,430
1924 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1924 - Perth ----$906$906
1925 - Sydney ----$906$906
1925 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1925 - Perth ----$906$906
1926 - Sydney --$4,940$11,800$17,800$25,000
1926 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1926 - Perth --$906$906$1,080$1,580
1927 - Perth ---$906$906$906
1928 - Melbourne --$906$1,200$1,560$2,280
1928 - Perth ----$906$906
1929 - Melbourne --$906$1,630$1,760$2,320
1929 - Perth ----$906$906
1930 - Melbourne ----$906$906
1930 - Perth ----$906$906
1931 - Melbourne ---$906$906$906
1931 - Perth ----$906$906
Variety MS-60 MS-62 MS-63 MS-64 MS-65 MS-66 MS-67
1888 - Sydney - Normal J.E.B. - Near G $906$938$1,460$2,410$2,950--
1888 - Sydney - Normal J.E.B. - Far G $906$939$1,480$2,000$3,180--
1888 - Sydney - SS JEB $935$1,150$1,370$1,980$2,980--
1888 - Melbourne - Near G $906$906$1,230$1,770$2,970--
1888 - Melbourne - Far G $906$906$1,310$1,900$3,420--
1889 - Sydney - Near G $906$906$944$2,350$2,420--
1889 - Sydney - Far G $906$920$1,410$1,960$2,980--
1889 - Melbourne - Near G $906$906$1,030$1,290$2,130--
1889 - Melbourne - Far G $906$906$1,410$2,150$3,350--
1890 - Sydney - Near G $906$906$1,170$1,660$3,500--
1890 - Sydney - Far G $906$906$1,370$1,980$2,980--
1890 - Melbourne $906$1,150$1,620$2,280$3,440--
1891 - Sydney $906$906$1,450$2,050$3,120--
1891 - Melbourne - Long Tail $906$906$1,620$2,320$3,480--
1891 - Melbourne - Short Tail $2,720$4,030$5,500$7,000$10,200--
1892 - Sydney $906$906$995$1,580$2,740--
1892 - Melbourne $906$906$1,280$1,770$3,090--
1893 - Sydney $906$906$1,530$2,170$2,250--
1893 - Veiled head - Sydney $906$1,170$2,020$4,290$4,500--
1893 - Melbourne $906$1,070$1,530$2,450$3,700--
1893 - Veiled head - Melbourne $906$1,040$1,750$2,450$3,510--
1894 - Sydney $906$906$906$1,700$1,800--
1894 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$1,610--
1895 - Sydney $906$906$931$1,120$2,020--
1895 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,140$1,610--
1896 - Sydney $906$906$1,410$2,130$3,120--
1896 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,210$1,570--
1897 - Sydney $906$945$1,790$2,340$3,430--
1897 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,110$2,100--
1898 - Sydney $906$1,390$2,060$2,850$4,040--
1898 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,460$4,420--
1899 - Sydney $906$906$906$988$1,650--
1899 - Perth $1,220$2,410$5,000$7,000$12,700--
1899 - Melbourne $906$906$1,050$1,650$1,800--
1900 - Sydney $906$906$906$1,830$2,000--
1900 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,860$2,000--
1900 - Perth $906$906$1,260$1,910$2,500--
1901 - Sydney $906$906$906$1,400$1,620--
1901 - Melbourne $906$906$924$1,140$1,620--
1901 - Perth $906$906$1,140$2,160$2,430--
1902 - Sydney $906$906$906$988$1,490--
1902 - Melbourne $906$906$906$988$1,490--
1902 - Perth $906$1,010$1,760$1,900$2,420--
1903 - Sydney $906$906$906$1,370$1,450--
1903 - Melbourne $906$906$906$2,000$2,500--
1903 - Perth $906$906$1,020$1,140$1,570--
1904 - Sydney $906$906$947$988$1,490--
1904 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,060$1,670--
1904 - Perth $906$1,070$1,230$1,290$1,810--
1905 - Sydney $906$906$975$1,320$1,630--
1905 - Melbourne $906$906$906$3,100$3,500--
1905 - Perth $906$906$975$2,350$2,500--
1906 - Sydney $906$906$906$1,230$1,390--
1906 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,260$1,390--
1906 - Perth $906$906$1,020$2,280$2,800--
1907 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$960--
1907 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$998--
1907 - Perth $906$906$1,100$2,340$2,700--
1908 - Sydney $906$906$906$1,320$1,560--
1908 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,240$1,270--
1908 - Perth $906$906$906$958$5,800--
1909 - Sydney $906$906$906$1,590$1,800--
1909 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$1,120--
1909 - Perth $906$906$1,080$1,270$1,840--
1910 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$912--
1910 - Melbourne $906$906$906$1,350$1,750--
1910 - Perth $906$967$1,230$1,350$2,050--
1911 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$1,140--
1911 - Melbourne $906$906$906$917$1,070--
1911 - Perth $906$906$906$1,470$1,800--
1912 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$906--
1912 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$1,770--
1912 - Perth $906$906$906$1,000$1,000--
1913 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$1,160--
1913 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$945--
1913 - Perth $906$906$906$950$1,030--
1914 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$993--
1914 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$906--
1914 - Perth $906$906$906$1,030$1,200--
1915 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$1,070--
1915 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$1,470--
1915 - Perth $906$906$906$1,030$1,270--
1916 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$1,350--
1916 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$1,590--
1916 - Perth $906$906$906$1,190$3,510--
1917 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$1,120$3,080-
1917 - Melbourne $906$906$906$911$1,680--
1917 - Perth $906$906$906$906$1,690--
1918 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$906$1,500-
1918 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$906--
1918 - Perth $906$906$906$906$1,350--
1919 - Sydney $906$906$1,030$1,200$1,270--
1919 - Melbourne $906$970$1,300$2,020$2,260--
1919 - Perth $906$906$906$906$1,880$2,790-
1920 - Sydney $722,500$737,500$752,400$796,800---
1920 - Melbourne $8,300$8,900$10,700$12,300$14,600--
1920 - Perth $906$906$906$906$988--
1921 - Sydney $2,660$2,840$3,580$3,900$5,000--
1921 - Melbourne $24,700$34,400$39,900$46,200$48,800--
1921 - Perth $906$906$906$1,030$1,120--
1922 - Sydney $31,500$38,800$43,100$47,500$52,800--
1922 - Melbourne $17,400$17,700$24,900$30,000$35,000--
1922 - Perth $906$906$906$1,200$1,810--
1923 - Sydney $23,800$28,300$34,600$40,000$42,900--
1923 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$1,260--
1923 - Perth $906$906$906$927$979--
1924 - Sydney $2,400$2,720$3,220$4,080$4,850--
1924 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$2,220--
1924 - Perth $906$906$1,040$1,120$2,190--
1925 - Sydney $906$906$906$906$984--
1925 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$1,200--
1925 - Perth $906$914$1,260$2,470$3,000--
1926 - Sydney $33,600$34,100$46,600$48,100$53,200--
1926 - Melbourne $906$906$1,000$1,430$1,750--
1926 - Perth $2,420$2,860$3,420$4,380$5,500--
1927 - Perth $906$906$1,120$1,420$1,730--
1928 - Melbourne $3,510$3,870$4,560$5,600$8,000--
1928 - Perth $906$906$906$1,200$1,360--
1929 - Melbourne $3,800$4,690$5,600$5,700$7,700--
1929 - Perth $906$906$906$906$906--
1930 - Melbourne $906$906$906$906$922--
1930 - Perth $906$906$906$906$1,340--
1931 - Melbourne $967$1,660$1,780$2,640$4,320--
1931 - Perth $906$906$906$906$941--

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