Among the other significant sales were a 22ct gold £5 sovereign design set of 10 coins, which went for £22,100, a Queen Victoria gold proof £5 1887 sovereign coin, which achieved £16,000 ...

First created nearly 200 years ago in 1839, the five pound gold coin (also known as a quintuple sovereign) was one of the earliest pressings of Queen Victoria's reign. On the obverse is William ...