Victoria Type Set of British Gold Sovereigns One excellent way
to collect gold sovereigns is to ignore dates, and collect type
coins. For example, there are three different portraits types
and two different reverse designs of Victoria sovereigns,
although there were over sixty different dates. It's not
necessary to collect every one of the years from 1838 to 1901,
just three or four coins would suffice to illustrate the main
types. Some type collectors may wish to acquire two specimens of
some types, so that they can display the obverse and reverse
(head and tail) side simultaneously. Victoria Sovereign Types
The three main obverse types on Victoria sovereigns are the
young head, sometimes called the "bun" head, jubilee head, and
old head, also called widow head. The two different reverse
types are the shield design, and St. George and the dragon.
Victoria Type Set Offer Young Head Shield Reverse The young
portrait of Victoria was used from her first coins of 1838 until
1887 for gold and silver coins, but con