{"product_id":"1512014-great-britain-victoria-sovereign-1872-london-union-shield-gold-au-55-58","title":"Great Britain, Victoria, Sovereign, 1872, London, Union Shield, Gold, AU(55-58)","description":"\u003cp id=\"description\"\u003eIn 1863, we see the introduction of die numbers on shield sovereigns. As die numbering was most likely introduced mid-way through the year, not all 1863 shield sovereigns have a number.\n\nAs for the reason why die numbering was introduced, it was most likely to facilitate quality control and to enable traceability between the coin, the die that struck it and the individual who operated the coin press.\n\nThe introduction of die numbers creates another (somewhat challenging) collecting opportunity for the serious numismatist. The range and number of die numbers does vary from year to year. Refering to Michael Marsh's book, The Gold Sovereign, 27 dies have been recorded for 1863. The most dies recorded is in 1870 with 110 and the least dies being just 7 in 1874.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"head\"\u003eYoung uncrowned portrait of Queen Victoria left\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"reverse\"\u003eCrowned quartered shield of arms within wreath, legend around, national flower emblems below\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"comment\"\u003eDie number : 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"headCaption\"\u003eVICTORIA DEI GRATIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"reverseCaption\"\u003eBRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"weight\"\u003e7.97 gr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cdma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52855866360140,"sku":"1512014","price":910.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/1655\/7029\/files\/1512014A.jpg?v=1751411890","url":"https:\/\/www.numiscorner.com\/products\/1512014-great-britain-victoria-sovereign-1872-london-union-shield-gold-au-55-58","provider":"Numiscorner.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}