Victoria (1837-1901)
Victoria Early Beaded Border Patterns and Proofs
The early beaded border patterns and proofs struck in 1860 are illustrated here for information and to aid identification of these coins. The coins are listed in their Freeman number order according to the original 1970 edition of “The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain.
F751 Bronzed Copper Pattern
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F752 Aluminium-Bronze Pattern
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F753 Bronzed Copper Pattern
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F754 Aluminium-Bronze Pattern
(no picture available)
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F755 Bronzed Pattern
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F756 Bronze Pattern
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F757 Bronzed Copper Pattern
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F758 Bronzed Pattern
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The following varieties should probably not be recorded as official “patterns” because each obverse and reverse design was actually used in the production of coins intended for currency.
F759 (Gouby A+a1) Bronzed Copper struck on a heavy flan
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F760 Bronzed “pattern” (Gouby A+a)
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F761 Bronze “Pattern” (Gouby A+a)
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F762 Bronze “Pattern” (Gouby A1+a) – inverted reverse
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F763 (Gouby A or A1 +b) Bronze “Pattern”
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Note: Freeman numbers 764 to 766 in his original edition of “The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain” were reclassified in the 1985 updated edition to reflect the probability that these die pairings were intended for circulation.
F764 (Gouby B+a) Bronze “Pattern” – reclassified as F8A
Note: I have never seen a photograph of a genuine F8A
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F765 (Gouby B+b) Bronzed Proof – reclassified as F8C
Note: in Freeman’s original 1985 book, this variety was described as a bronzed Pattern rather than a proof but in the 1970 version, it was reclassified as Bronze Proof, Bronzed finish.
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F766 (Gouby B+b) Bronze “Pattern” – reclassified as F8B
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F8D (Gouby B+c) – unrecorded in 1970 edition
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Unrecorded by Freeman (Gouby A1+c) – Satin 2
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F2 (Gouby C1+a1) Gold Proof
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F3 (Gouby C1+a1) Silver Proof
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F5 Bronzed Copper Proof (Gouby C1+a1) – struck on a heavy flan
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F6A (Gouby C+b) Bronze Proof
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