Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2169. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas I. 1825-1855. AR 5 Kopeks. St. Petersburg mint; Paul Alexiev, mintmaster. Dated 1849. Double-headed imperial eagle with crown above, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast with six provincial coats-of-arms on wings / Crown above legend, all in wreath of laurel and oak. Bitkin 405; Uzdenikov 1676; Severin 3544; KM 163. In NGC slab, graded MS65. ($250)