Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1588. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr I Pavlovich. 1801-1825. AR Poltina (10.31 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Fedor Gelman, mintmaster. Dated 1810. MOHETA ПOЛTИHA • 1810, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; above, imperial crown; Ф.Г. flanking tail / ГOCУДAP=/CTBEHHAЯ/POCCЇЙCKAЯ/MOHETA/C.ПБ. in five lines across field; imperial crown above; all within laurel and oak wreath. On edge: center graining left. Bitkin 80; Severin 2601; Uzdenikov 1386. NGC photo graded MS 64, iridescent toning. In this condition, one of the great rarities of the poltina denomination, and a centerpiece for any coin cabinet.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, February 2001.