CNG 87, Lot: 2212. Estimate $1500. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr I Pavlovich. 1801-1825. Pattern CU ‘Rubl’ (41mm, 25.91 g, 12h). Soho mint; Matthew Boulton, mintmaster; Conrad Heinrich Küchler, designor. Dated 1804. ALEXANDER I · D : G · IMP · AVTOCR · RVSSOR ·, draped bust right in military attire, wearing Star of the Order of St. Andrei / Greek cross; 18 04 in exergue. Bitkin Ж925; Uzdenikov p. 655, 3; Diakov 293.1; KM Pn65. Proof, attractive chocolate brown surfaces. Includes original shell casings, with inscription “Impression of proposed new [ ... ] Dies.” Rare and interesting.