Victoria, 1872 "Young Head" Gold Sovereign NGC AU58

Victoria, 1872 Gold Sovereign

7.98g of 22ct/.917 gold (Actual Gold Weight: 7.34g of 24ct/pure gold). Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA (Victoria by the Grace of God). Young bare head of Victoria facing left, dated 1872 below, W.W. on truncation for designer William Wyon. Reverse: BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID DEF, (Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith), Crowned quartered shield of arms within wreath, die number 48 below, national flower emblems below, by designer Jean Baptiste Merlen. Mint State.

Authenticated and graded by NGC as AU58, certification no. 6318484-005.

References: S. 3853, KM #736.2, Marsh 56.