Sydney Mint sovereigns and half sovereigns were the first official Australian gold coins and were issued from the original Rum Hospital. See the Gold Rush article for more information.
| Mintage | Mint | Fine |
Very
Fine | Extra
Fine | Almost
Uncirc. | Uncirc. |
Brilliant
Uncirc. | Proof |
| 1857 | 499,000 |
Sydney | 300 | 750 | 3,750 | 8,000 | 15,500 | 18,500 | 90,000 |
| 1857 | Plain edge proof | 95,000 |
| 1858 | 1,101,500 |
Sydney | 450 | 1,250 | 5,500 | 12,500 | 18,000 | 22,500 | -- |
| 1859 | 1,050,500 |
Sydney | 300 | 650 | 3,500 | 7,500 | 13,500 | 17,500 | -- |
| 1860 | 1,573,500 |
Sydney | 750 | 1,500 | 6000 | 12,500 | 20,000 | 25,000 | -- |
| 1861 | 1,626,000 |
Sydney | 275 | 400 | 2,750 | 5,500 | 8,500 | 11,500 | -- |
| 1862 | 2,477,500 |
Sydney | 375 | 1,000 | 4,500 | 11,000 | 17,000 | 21,000 | |
| 1863 | 1,255,500 |
Sydney | 275 | 650 | 3,250 | 6,000 | 10,000 | 13,000 | -- |
| 1864 | 2,698,500 |
Sydney | 225 | 350 | 2,250 | 3,750 | 6,000 | 9,000 | -- |
| 1865 | 2,130,500 |
Sydney | 275 | 600 | 3,250 | 6,000 | 10,500 | 13,500 | -- |
| 1866 | 2,911,000 |
Sydney | 200 | 350 | 1,500 | 3,250 | 4,750 | 6,750 | 70,000 |
| 1867 | 2,370,000 |
Sydney | 200 | 350 | 1,600 | 3,250 | 4,750 | 6,750 | -- |
| 1868 | 2,319,000 |
Sydney | 225 | 350 | 1,600 | 3,250 | 4,750 | 6,750 | -- |
| 1870 | 1,220,000 |
Sydney | 200 | 350 | 1,350 | 2,500 | 4,000 | 5,250 | 100,00 |
Notes:
No 1869 Sydney Mint sovereigns are known. Mintage records show that 1,202,000 soverigns were minted that year - probably dated the previous year. This is likely to have been caused by the extended time delay (several months) in shipping coin dies from England during that era.
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