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Queen Victoria 1839 Gold Sovereign: First Young Head and Crowned Shield, obverseOBV
Queen Victoria 1839 Gold Sovereign: First Young Head and Crowned Shield, reverseREV
World Coins / England
VictoriaGold sovereign1839 CE

Queen Victoria 1839 Gold Sovereign: First Young Head and Crowned Shield

An authoritative examination of the 1839 British gold sovereign, documenting William Wyon's First Young Head portrait, Jean Baptiste Merlen's heraldic reverse, mint history, and distinctions between currency and proof strikes.