Australian Gold Coins - Full Sovereign Gold Coin dated 1884, Young head of Queen Victoria (M - Melbourne mint).
Obverse Design: Young head of Queen Victoria facing to left, with a plain band and fillet around hair. The mint mark M below; around, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: The artist's initials W.W. on the truncation of the neck.
Reverse Design: St. George on horseback holding short sword, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date, 1884 and the artist's initials B.P., it was created by a talented and young Italian, Benedetto Pistrucci.
Weight: 7.9881 grams of Gold (0.2354 oz., 0.917 GOLD), Diameter: 22 mm
Reported Mintage: 2.942.000
Krause-Mishler Catalog: KM# 7
Edge Description: Milled
Inscriptions: Obverse: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: M W.W.
Reverse: 1884 B.P.
Issued By: HM Queen Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mint: Melbourne (Mint)
Artist: William Wyon - Royal Mint, London
Artist: Benedetto Pistrucci - Royal Mint, London
Bibliography: [Book], Mr William Mullett - Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, Gold Coinage and Refining at the Melbourne Mint, 1991