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Grading Australian coins
The grade is used to determine the exact value of a coin. It represents the quality and wear of a coin. Using pictures, effigies and descriptions, this section helps you to determine the grade of a coin with the Sheldon scale, the universal gradation tool. To determine a coin's high grade (MS), you look at strike, luster, location, size, and quantity of bag marks, and other less tangible features.
Victoria
Australia
- Half Sovereign - 1857 to 1866 - Sydney Type II
- Half Sovereign - 1871 to 1887 - Young head
- Half Sovereign - 1887 to 1893 - Jubilee head
- Sovereign - 1855 and 1856
- Sovereign - 1857 to 1866 - Sydney Type II
- Sovereign - 1871 to 1887 - Young head
- Sovereign - 1887 to 1893 - Jubilee head
- Sovereign - 1893 to 1901 - Veiled head