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EI13965
Victoria 1853 Sovereign inverted letter A in place of V in Victoria
Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign, 1853, variety with inverted A for V in Queen's name, second young filleted head left, W.W. raised on truncation for engraver William Wyon, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, laurel wreath surrounding, emblems below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, weight 7.95g (Bentley 68; Marsh 36E R4; S.3852C). Cleaned a bold very fine and very rare.
Calendar year mintage 10,597,993.
The Latin legends translates on obverse as "Victoria by the Grace of God," and on the reverse "Queen of the Briton's, Defender of the Faith."