Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1584. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Pavl I Petrovich. 1796-1801. AR Half Reichstaler (10.97 g, 12h). Jever, Germany mint. Dated 1798. SUB • UMBRA • ALARUM • TUARUM •, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; coat-of-arms of Moskau on breast; above, imperial crown / • FRIED • AUG • SOPH • PRINC • ANH • DYN • IEVER • ADMIN ., EIN/HALBER/REICHS/THALER/1798 in five lines across field; all within laurel wreath. On edge: pelleted chain. Bitkin -; Severin -; Uzdenikov 4931. NGC photo graded MS 63, lustrous and beautifully toned in iridescent hues of blue and gold. Choice uncirculated.

Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior, 11 February 1991), lot 695.