Victoria 1842 Sovereign open 2 in date, shield reverse young head HIB &c PRO

HIB &c PRO

gold Half-Demy of Four Shillings and Sixpence

a design by John Mills of a stylised representation of a football with the date 1996 centrally placed and surrounded by sixteen small rings

Göbl MK 588

crowned harp of 9 strings

Victoria 1842 Sovereign open 2 in date, shield reverse young head HIB &c PROVictoria (1837 1901),gold Sovereign, 1842, open 2 in date, first 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. 92g (Bentley 971; Marsh 25A; S. 3852). Toned, covered in surface