Victoria sovereigns feature three different portrait designs -
Young Head - a younger portrait of Queen Victoria features on the 1838-1887 sovereigns.
Jubilee Head - to celebrate Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee in 1887, a new sovereign design was introduced with a portrait of Victoria wearing a coronet.
Old Head - sovereigns bearing this new design appeared between 1893 through to 1901. The portrait features a more mature looking Victoria in a veil and crown.
There are two different reverse design Victoria Sovereigns, one bearing a shield and the other design has St George & dragon.
The combinations of different obverse & reverse Victoria Sovereign designs are -
- Young head and shield reverse 1838-1887
- Young head and St George & dragon reverse 1871-1887
- Jubilee head and St George & dragon reverse 1887-1893
- Old head and St George & dragon reverse 1893-1901
Below you can browse individual & collections of Queen Victoria sovereigns and half sovereigns available on ebay, you can choose to view the sovereigns by price or by the time left until the auction ends.
Victoria sovereign coins available on eBay.co.uk
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1861 QUEEN VICTORIA SHIELD 22K GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN COIN | ![]() |
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£284.95 | 14h 59m |
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1853 QUEEN VICTORIA SHIELD 22K GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN COIN | ![]() |
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£379.95 | 15h 1m |
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Victoria 1885 Shield Back Half Sovereign Coin | ![]() |
0 Bid | £80.00 | 15h 40m |
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1887 Queen Victoria Half Sovereign with surround | ![]() |
0 Bid | £70.00 | 16h 43m |
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GOLD SOVEREIGN 1891 QUEEN VICTORIA JUBILLE HEAD | ![]() |
8 Bids | £180.57 | 17h 16m |
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VICTORIA JUBILEE HEAD SOVEREIGN AND PRESENTATION BOX | ![]() |
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£315.00 | 18h 15m |









