Watch List notes:

AU Details | Victoria (1837-1901), gold Five Pounds, 1893, crowned and veiled bust left, T.B. initials below truncation for engraver Thomas Brock, legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA· DEI· GRA· BRITT· REGINA· FID· DEF· IND· IMP·, rev. St. George and dragon right, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right of exergue, 39.95g (Schneider 657; Hill F33; S.3872). Sharply struck and lustrous, some minor evidence of rim filing, otherwise scarcely handled, graded by NGC as AU Details – Rim Filing.

NGC Certification 6318989-007

Calendar year mintage of 20,405.

Provenance:
Ex Corbitts, Newcastle, Auction 37, October 2014, lot 1018.

(£1,500-£2,000)