The 5-pound coin, one of the three coins issued in the name of King Edward VIII of England, was sold at a record price of 1.65 million pounds, Report states, citing to foreign media.
The coin was bought by a collector at the US Heritage auction. It was the most expensive English coin ever traded in the world. Earlier, in October last year, a 5-pound coin issued in 1831 in the name of King William IV was sold for 703,000 pounds.