1703 Queen Anne 'VIGO' Five Guineas
- Maker
- Royal Mint (Great Britain), Queen Anne
- Year
- 1703
- Rank
- 67 of 100
1703 Queen Anne 'VIGO' Five Guineas
1703 Queen Anne 'VIGO' Five Guineas by Royal Mint (Great Britain), Queen Anne (1703) is ranked 67 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $1,080,000 on 13 January 2019. Struck from Spanish gold seized at Vigo Bay; set the auction record for any British coin and is the ultimate British gold trophy of its era.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Struck from Spanish gold seized at Vigo Bay; set the auction record for any British coin and is the ultimate British gold trophy of its era.
Gold five guineas, VIGO below bust (gold captured at the Battle of Vigo Bay), NGC-certified
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,080,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 13 January 2019
Baldwin's of St James's, The New York Premier Sale, Jan 13 2019. 1703 VIGO Five Guineas realized $1,080,000 (£845,000 w/ premium) — record for a British coin at the time. Fewer than 20 known.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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- 2026-08-08