A fantastic rarity struck in the earliest years of Charles II's reign, and an offering that ranks leagues beyond many of even the "best" survivors of his reign, by virtue of its combined elusiveness, choice preservation, and opulent golden presentation.
During the 2012 8-9 March Signature Auction - The Shoshana Collection of Ancient Judean Coins, an incredibly rare gold aureus of Titus as Caesar (69-79 AD), struck at an Eastern mint in 69 AD, likely Tyre, anticipating the subjugation of Judaea, which the Romans achieved with the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD, which realized $956,000.
A Victoria gold Proof “Una and the Lion” 5 Pounds 1839 PR66 Ultra Cameo NGC sold for $1,440,000, the most ever paid for the type and the second-most ever paid for a British coin at 2021 August World Coins Auction.…
A 1937 Edward VIII 5 Pounds Pattern coin — one of only a small number of commemorative British gold coins produced for the would-be coronation of Edward VIII — set a world record as the most expensive British coin when…