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| 1838 | - | - | £4.00 | £8.30 | £25.30 | £33.80 |
| 1839 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.50 | £24.30 | £32.60 |
| 1839 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - Bronze | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1840 | - | - | £3.20 | £7.50 | £24.30 | £32.60 |
| 1841 | - | - | £3.20 | £7.50 | £24.30 | £32.60 |
| 1842 | - | - | £8.80 | £33.00 | £68.50 | £86.30 |
| 1843 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.30 | £21.60 | £28.80 |
| 1843 - 3/2 | - | - | £8.00 | £24.00 | £60.00 | £78.00 |
| 1843 - 4 over inverted 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 - I instead of 1 in date | - | - | £60.00 | £280 | £466 | £559 |
| 1844 | - | - | £51.70 | £185 | £403 | £511 |
| 1845 | - | - | £5.20 | £7.30 | £22.70 | £30.30 |
| 1846 | - | - | £5.60 | £11.30 | £34.30 | £45.80 |
| 1847 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.50 | £25.80 | £34.90 |
| 1848 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.90 | £25.90 | £35.00 |
| 1849 | - | - | £36.00 | £70.00 | £189 | £249 |
| 1850 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.00 | £23.30 | £31.50 |
| 1850 - 5/4 | - | - | £8.00 | £24.00 | £56.00 | £72.00 |
| 1851 | - | - | £7.20 | £15.70 | £38.80 | £50.40 |
| 1851 - D over rotated D | - | - | £46.00 | £101 | £231 | £295 |
| 1852 | - | - | £8.00 | £14.70 | £37.80 | £49.40 |
| 1853 - W.W. Incuse | - | - | £8.00 | £22.00 | £62.30 | £82.40 |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised | - | - | £3.60 | £6.20 | £19.60 | £26.30 |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised - 3/2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1854 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.00 | £20.70 | £27.50 |
| 1855 - W.W. Incuse | - | - | £3.60 | £8.20 | £29.30 | £39.80 |
| 1855 - W.W. Raised | - | - | £4.40 | £7.90 | £26.60 | £36.00 |
| 1856 | - | - | £6.80 | £14.30 | £38.30 | £50.30 |
| 1856 - R/E in Victoria | - | - | £14.00 | £30.00 | £90.00 | £120 |
| 1857 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.00 | £22.20 | £29.80 |
| 1858 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.00 | £22.20 | £29.80 |
| 1859 | - | - | £8.80 | £17.00 | £39.50 | £50.80 |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded border | - | - | £2.40 | £3.30 | £14.30 | £19.80 |
| 1860 - Bronze - Toothed border | - | - | £1.60 | £3.00 | £14.70 | £20.50 |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded/Toothed | - | - | £127 | £290 | £486 | £584 |
| 1861 - 4 Berries | - | - | £1.60 | £2.50 | £12.60 | £17.60 |
| 1861 - 5 Berries | - | - | £1.60 | £2.50 | £14.60 | £20.60 |
| 1862 - Small 8 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.50 | £12.60 | £17.60 |
| 1862 - Large 8 | - | - | £42.00 | £120 | £201 | £242 |
| 1863 | - | - | £22.70 | £46.40 | £128 | £169 |
| 1864 - No serif | - | - | £0.80 | £3.70 | £18.80 | £26.40 |
| 1864 - Serif | - | - | £0.80 | £4.20 | £19.80 | £27.60 |
| 1864 - IWW on truncation | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1865 | - | - | £0.80 | £3.10 | £16.40 | £23.00 |
| 1865 - 5/2 | - | - | £8.00 | £8.90 | £28.30 | £38.00 |
| 1866 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.80 | £14.10 | £19.70 |
| 1867 | - | - | £0.80 | £3.10 | £17.20 | £24.20 |
| 1868 | - | - | £0.80 | £3.40 | £17.40 | £24.40 |
| 1869 | - | - | £1.60 | £8.00 | £25.30 | £34.00 |
| 1872 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.80 | £14.70 | £21.50 |
| 1873 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.90 | £12.80 | £19.00 |
| 1874 - H - Old | - | - | £1.60 | £5.70 | £19.80 | £26.90 |
| 1874 - H - G's over rotated G's | - | - | £95.00 | £245 | £455 | £560 |
| 1875 - Young - Large date | - | - | £1.20 | £7.30 | £20.80 | £27.60 |
| 1875 - Young - Small date | - | - | £6.40 | £16.50 | £51.90 | £69.60 |
| 1875 - Old | - | - | £5.60 | £18.00 | £53.00 | £70.50 |
| 1875 - H - Old | - | - | £62.00 | £188 | £264 | £302 |
| 1875 - H - Young | - | - | - | £1.80 | £8.70 | £12.10 |
| 1876 - H | - | - | £2.80 | £10.00 | £27.50 | £36.30 |
| 1876 - H - Large 6 | - | - | £5.60 | £24.00 | £52.00 | £66.00 |
| 1877 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.50 | £9.60 | £13.10 |
| 1879 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.50 | £12.60 | £22.20 |
| 1879 - Large 9 | - | - | - | £2.10 | £13.10 | £18.50 |
| 1880 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.80 | £15.60 | £22.00 |
| 1881 | - | - | £0.80 | £3.50 | £13.10 | £17.90 |
| 1881 - H | - | - | £0.80 | £3.10 | £10.90 | £17.40 |
| 1882 - H | - | - | £0.80 | £3.30 | £11.30 | £15.20 |
| 1883 | - | - | £4.00 | £9.10 | £27.10 | £36.00 |
| 1884 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £10.20 | £13.10 |
| 1885 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £10.20 | £13.10 |
| 1886 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £10.20 | £14.10 |
| 1887 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.80 | £12.40 | £17.20 |
| 1888 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.80 | £12.40 | £17.20 |
| 1890 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.80 | £11.40 | £15.70 |
| 1891 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £10.20 | £12.80 |
| 1892 | - | - | £2.40 | £9.40 | £26.50 | £35.10 |
| 1893 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £10.20 | £14.10 |
| 1894 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.80 | £12.40 | £17.20 |
| 1895 - Young head | - | - | £6.80 | £19.10 | £46.20 | £59.80 |
| 1895 - Veiled head | - | - | £0.80 | £1.60 | £7.20 | £9.00 |
| 1896 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.20 | £5.80 | £8.10 |
| 1897 - Bright finish | - | - | £0.80 | £2.00 | £6.60 | £7.90 |
| 1897 - Blackened finish | - | - | £0.80 | £2.00 | £6.60 | £7.40 |
| 1897 - Blackened finish - Low Tide | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1898 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.20 | £5.80 | £6.90 |
| 1899 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.20 | £5.80 | £6.70 |
| 1900 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.60 | £5.00 | £6.00 |
| 1901 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.60 | £3.50 | £4.50 |
| Variety | MS-60 | MS-62 | MS-63 | MS-64 | MS-65 | MS-66 | MS-67 |
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| 1838 | £42.30 | £88.40 | £143 | £236 | - | - | - |
| 1839 | £41.00 | £92.20 | £109 | £125 | £232 | £337 | - |
| 1839 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - Bronze | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1840 | £41.00 | £91.50 | £132 | - | - | - | - |
| 1841 | £41.00 | £95.70 | £128 | £250 | £366 | - | - |
| 1842 | £104 | £214 | £323 | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 | £36.00 | £89.20 | £112 | £135 | - | - | - |
| 1843 - 3/2 | £96.00 | £198 | £300 | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 - 4 over inverted 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 - I instead of 1 in date | £652 | £1,130 | £1,600 | - | - | - | - |
| 1844 | £620 | £1,200 | £1,790 | - | - | - | - |
| 1845 | £38.00 | £86.50 | £106 | - | - | - | - |
| 1846 | £57.30 | £111 | £164 | - | - | - | - |
| 1847 | £44.00 | £90.00 | £136 | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 | £44.00 | £88.70 | £139 | £165 | - | - | - |
| 1849 | £308 | £510 | £638 | £951 | £1,260 | - | - |
| 1850 | £39.70 | £85.20 | £131 | £162 | £194 | - | - |
| 1850 - 5/4 | £88.00 | £198 | £308 | - | - | - | - |
| 1851 | £62.00 | £130 | £198 | - | - | - | - |
| 1851 - D over rotated D | £360 | £583 | £805 | - | - | - | - |
| 1852 | £61.00 | £98.10 | £103 | - | - | - | - |
| 1853 - W.W. Incuse | £103 | £205 | £308 | - | - | - | - |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised | £33.00 | £77.60 | £94.80 | £111 | £185 | - | - |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised - 3/2 | - | - | - | - | £162 | - | - |
| 1854 | £34.30 | £65.20 | £96.00 | - | - | £387 | - |
| 1855 - W.W. Incuse | £50.30 | £88.70 | £127 | - | - | - | - |
| 1855 - W.W. Raised | £45.30 | £82.00 | £119 | - | - | - | - |
| 1856 | £62.30 | £131 | £200 | - | - | - | - |
| 1856 - R/E in Victoria | £150 | £241 | £358 | - | - | - | - |
| 1857 | £37.30 | £74.80 | £99.80 | £182 | - | - | - |
| 1858 | £37.30 | £74.80 | £112 | £264 | - | - | - |
| 1859 | £62.00 | £128 | £149 | - | - | - | - |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded border | £25.30 | £54.20 | £86.60 | £93.30 | £141 | £189 | - |
| 1860 - Bronze - Toothed border | £26.30 | £57.70 | £66.40 | £75.20 | £143 | £323 | - |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded/Toothed | £683 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 - 4 Berries | £22.70 | £57.20 | £91.70 | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 - 5 Berries | £26.70 | £59.80 | £68.40 | £77.00 | £129 | £173 | - |
| 1862 - Small 8 | £22.70 | £54.20 | £69.80 | £85.40 | £136 | £193 | - |
| 1862 - Large 8 | £283 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1863 | £210 | £308 | £405 | - | - | - | - |
| 1864 - No serif | £34.00 | £71.30 | £109 | £150 | - | - | - |
| 1864 - Serif | £35.30 | £74.00 | £101 | - | - | - | - |
| 1864 - IWW on truncation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1865 | £29.70 | £56.30 | £66.80 | £77.20 | - | - | - |
| 1865 - 5/2 | £47.70 | £92.50 | £101 | £109 | £129 | - | - |
| 1866 | £25.30 | £55.90 | £56.10 | £56.40 | £66.10 | - | - |
| 1867 | £31.30 | £67.00 | £67.00 | £67.00 | - | - | - |
| 1868 | £31.30 | £61.90 | £104 | - | - | - | - |
| 1869 | £42.70 | £80.40 | £137 | £140 | £142 | - | - |
| 1872 | £26.70 | £58.00 | £89.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1873 | £22.70 | £50.70 | £55.60 | £60.50 | £115 | £173 | - |
| 1874 - H - Old | £34.00 | £70.00 | £92.90 | £101 | - | - | - |
| 1874 - H - G's over rotated G's | £665 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - Young - Large date | £34.30 | £77.30 | £120 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - Young - Small date | £87.30 | £181 | £275 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - Old | £88.00 | £184 | £279 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - H - Old | £340 | £590 | £800 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - H - Young | £15.50 | £47.30 | £79.00 | £90.50 | - | - | - |
| 1876 - H | £45.00 | £90.50 | £136 | - | - | - | - |
| 1876 - H - Large 6 | £80.00 | £140 | £200 | - | - | - | - |
| 1877 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 | £16.70 | £44.70 | £69.80 | £102 | £135 | - | - |
| 1879 | £22.70 | £44.90 | £87.40 | - | - | - | - |
| 1879 - Large 9 | £24.00 | £63.50 | £103 | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 | £28.30 | £61.30 | £88.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1881 | £22.70 | £47.50 | £61.30 | £75.10 | £94.10 | - | - |
| 1881 - H | £18.70 | £46.50 | £55.70 | £64.80 | £110 | - | - |
| 1882 - H | £19.20 | £47.40 | £67.50 | £69.00 | £92.10 | - | - |
| 1883 | £45.00 | £83.50 | £94.60 | £106 | - | - | - |
| 1884 | £16.00 | £32.30 | £48.70 | £50.90 | - | - | - |
| 1885 | £16.00 | £32.30 | £45.30 | £46.80 | £106 | - | - |
| 1886 | £16.00 | £38.80 | £44.40 | £50.00 | £104 | - | - |
| 1887 | £21.30 | £39.60 | £45.60 | - | - | - | - |
| 1888 | £22.00 | £39.80 | £64.00 | £70.10 | £76.20 | - | - |
| 1890 | £17.30 | £36.50 | £54.40 | £74.50 | £105 | - | - |
| 1891 | £16.00 | £33.30 | £55.70 | £72.40 | - | - | - |
| 1892 | £43.70 | £79.10 | £108 | £136 | - | - | - |
| 1893 | £15.30 | £36.30 | £39.80 | £43.20 | £84.20 | - | - |
| 1894 | £18.70 | £37.60 | £63.40 | £96.20 | - | - | - |
| 1895 - Young head | £73.30 | £115 | £134 | £154 | £200 | - | - |
| 1895 - Veiled head | £11.00 | £16.40 | £27.80 | £62.80 | £80.40 | - | - |
| 1896 | £8.60 | £20.00 | £35.60 | £68.30 | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Bright finish | £9.10 | £23.10 | £28.90 | £39.30 | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Blackened finish | £8.10 | £19.70 | £31.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Blackened finish - Low Tide | £5.60 | £16.80 | £28.00 | - | - | - | - |
| 1898 | £7.90 | £18.30 | £28.70 | - | - | - | - |
| 1899 | £7.60 | £16.80 | £33.20 | - | - | - | - |
| 1900 | £6.80 | £15.70 | £24.70 | - | - | - | - |
| 1901 | £5.50 | £10.70 | £17.00 | £18.00 | £61.00 | £99.80 | - |
Proof (PR): Planchets of these coins (not intended for circulation) were polished before struck (usually struck twice for higher quality). The field of Proof coins wear a cameo aspect.
