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Victorian Cent Reverses
The mint created and used three reverse design variations in minting Victorian cents, which are shown below. Dies & Diadems contains full descriptions of each of these reverse designs and discusses how they relate to each other.
 Provincial ReverseThe mint used the provincial reverse to coin cents dated 1858, 1859, 1876H, 1881H, and 1882H. This reverse had medium sized leaves, a thin vine, and very thin leaf stems. The coin pictured was minted by one of the first three dies sunk from this reverse punch. It has an intact vine and sixteen intact stems. The punch began suffering damage to the vine and stems after sinking these first three dies. All later dies either show damage to the wreath, or the engraver repaired the damage section by re-engraving them in the working die.
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 1884 ReverseA new reverse was introduced in 1884. It had large leaves, a thicker vine, and thick stems to avoid the damage suffered by the provinicial reverse. The mint coined cents dated 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1890H, and 1891 (LDLL & SDLL) using this large leaf reverse design.
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1891 ReverseThe engravers prepared a new reverse design for use in 1891. It had noticeably smaller leaves and a thick vine, but returned to using thinner stems. The mint first used it to coin the 1891 SDSL cents. All cents dated between 1892 and 1901 show this reverse design.
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