1887 half sovereign

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A coin of this date, photographed

Museums Victoria holds 2 of these and photographs each one, which is a documented proof that a coin bearing this date exists. It says nothing about how many were struck, and is not counted as a mintage anywhere here.

What they hold: proof, circulating.

Proof Coin - Half Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1887, photographed by Museums Victoria
Photographer: Naomi Andrzejeski, Museums Victoria, https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/78401 (CC BY 4.0)
Proof Coin - Half Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1887, photographed by Museums Victoria
Photographer: Naomi Andrzejeski, Museums Victoria, https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/78401 (CC BY 4.0)
Coin - Half Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1887, photographed by Museums Victoria
Museums Victoria, https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/55772 (CC BY 4.0)
Coin - Half Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1887, photographed by Museums Victoria
Museums Victoria, https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/55772 (CC BY 4.0)

Proof Coin - Half Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 proof
Coin - Half Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1887 circulating

Mintage

No mintage figure is recorded for this issue yet.

What this page does not tell you

It does not tell you what the coin is worth. A catalogue can honestly report how many were struck, what metal is in one, and what the documents say. It cannot report a market price without either inventing it or copying someone who might have. So this catalogue reports the first three and stays quiet about the fourth.

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