BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereigns (3), 1891S, 1892S, 1893S, long horse tail, Jubilee crowned bust left, j.e.b. fully on truncation with right-angled J, second type legend, light die flaws in Queen's name, rev St George slaying dragon with sword, helmet streamer consists of longer strands, horse with long tail, different strand arrangement, S mintmark at centre of ground, date in exergue, tiny complete b.p. to upper right, second coin with latter stop very weak (Bentley 706, 707, 708; McD 182, 184, 186; QM 143, 146, 148-9; Marsh 142, 143, 144; KM 10; Fr 19; S 3868C). All generally scuffed with surface marks and hairlines, very fine to good very fine, first a little better. (3)
Calendar year mintages 2,596,000; 2,837,000; 1,498,000 respectively
The legend type from 1891-1893 is always of the second repositioned type.
The Jubilee head at Sydney and Melbourne both occur dated 1893, whereas at London it does not, having swapped to the new old head design entirely. The Colonial Branch mints in Australia did not receive their old head dies until much later than the local demand dictated for the striking of gold. Therefore these two mints carried on with the Jubilee head production in 1893. At Sydney there were more Jubilee head pieces dated 1893 than the new old head pieces. It was the other way around for these types at Melbourne.
A total of 16,190,000 Jubilee type Sovereigns emanated from the Sydney mint dated 1887-1893 for Queen Victoria.
Estimate: £600-800