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Victoria Young Head
Sovereigns were issued for Queen Victoria in almost every year from 1838 to 1901. There were three main obverse (head) designs, and two reverse designs. The Young Head was produced from 1837 to 1887 inclusive, with the St George reverse being produced from 1871-1887.

1880 Varieties
The year 1880 is one of the most multifarious years in the entire sovereign series, the Younghead St George issue alone contains at least 15 different varieties, and this is probably an underestimate. The Marsh and Spink reference texts both mention varieties which are not mentioned in the other reference. Due to the limitations of these sources, and the scope of our own knowledge, there are almost certainly more varieties out there that are unknown to Marsh, Spink and ourselves. Consequently, collecting the various varieties of the 1880 Young Head St George Sovereign, known and unknown, could form the basis of an entire collection in itself. We would be very interested to hear from anyone who thinks they might have discovered a variety that does not correspond with any of those mentioned in the table below, so that we may be able to add to the sum total of knowledge about this year.

1880 Sovereigns Mintage

Mintmark	Mint	Mintage
L	London	3,650,080
M	Melbourne, Australia	3,053,454*
S	Sydney, Australia	1,459,000*
	Total	8,162,534*

Notes: * These mintage figures combine the two reverse types as we are unable to find mintage figures for the St. George reverse alone.

Designs & Description
All Victoria Young Head sovereigns from 1837 to 1887 share the same obverse (head) design. The reverse is the familiar St. George & Dragon design originally engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci about 1817.
For this date there is also a Young Head Shield Sovereign

Mints
In 1880, the London Mint, and the Melbourne and Sydney Mints in Australia both issued sovereigns. You can visit our Mints & Mintmarks page for further information.

Date	Mint	Marsh	Rarity *	Spink	Description
1880	L	91E	Scarce	3856A	Long Tail, Small BP
1880	L	91E	Scarce	3856B	Short Tail, Small BP
1880/70	L	91A	Scarce	3856B	Overdate, Short Tail, Small BP
1880/70	L	91B	Rare	3856C	Overdate, Short Tail, no BP
1880	L	91C	Rare	3856C	Short Tail, no BP
1880/70	L	91A	Scarce	3856D	Overdate, Second Head, Long Tail, Small BP
1880	L	91E	Scarce	3856D	Second Head, Long Tail, Small BP
1880	L	91C	Rare	3856E	Short Tail, no BP
1880	L	91E	Scarce	3856F	Short Tail, Small BP
1880	M	102	Normal	3857	Long Tail, Small BP
1880	M	102	Normal	3857D	Medium Tail, Small BP, WW buried in truncation
1880	S	117	Scarce	3858A	Long Tail, Small BP
1880	S	117A	Scarce	Marsh Only	Long Tail, Large BP
1880	S	117B	Scarce	3858B	Short Tail, no BP
1880	S	117	Scarce	3858C	Second Head, Long Tail, Small BP, WW on broad truncation

Notes
* Rarity according to Michael Marsh, The Gold Sovereign unless otherwise stated.

Availability
As with many older sovereigns, availability can be quite variable, particularly in better condition. Often we come across small batches of sovereigns, all of a particular date and mintmark, so that we have an abundant supply while stocks last, then we may not see another similar batch for years.

The following list of sovereigns is for coins in stock as at our last update of this page.
It is best to check prices and availability before ordering or give alternatives.
The US $ prices in the this table may be out of date due to currency fluctuations.

Date	Mint	Grade	Stock	Price £	Price $
1880	L	good VF	Yes	£375	$600
1880	L	VF	Yes	£365	$585
1880	L	almost VF	Yes	£355	$570
1880	M	good VF	Yes	£375	$600
1880	M	VF	Yes	£365	$585
1880	S	about VF	Yes	£360	$575
1880	S	good Fine	Yes	£350	$560
1880	S	good Fine	Yes	£350	$560
1880	*	Fine	Yes	£340	$545

Notes
* = Our Choice of Mintmark

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