Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1593. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $45000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AR ¾ Rouble – 5 Złot (15.55 g, 12h). Warszawa mint; Nikolai Grachev, mintmaster. Dated 1833. (flower) ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 3 ЗOЛOTHИKA 15¾ ДOЛEЙ, 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; arms of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Novosibirsk on right wing, Kingdom of Poland, Crimea, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; above, imperial crown; н-г flanking tail / ¾/PУБЛЯ./5/ZŁOT •/1833. in five lines across field. On edge: • CEP • 83 1/3 ПPOБЫ 3 ЗOЛ • 61 2//25 ДOЛЬ. Bitkin 1096; Severin 3024; Uzdenikov 4097. NGC photo graded PF 67, a colorful iridescent patina blazes on this specimen.

Ex Stack’s (8 December 1993), lot 3044.

From 1832 to 1841 Russian-Polish coins were struck in dual denominations. Poland remained a province of Russia until securing independence after World War I.