Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1594. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $24000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AR Rouble (20.74 g, 12h). Unveiling of the Aleksandrovskaya Kolonna issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1834. AЛEKCAHДPЪ ПEPBЫЙ Б . M . ИMПEPATOPЬ BCEPOC., head of Aleksandr I Pavlovich right; GUBE • F • on truncation of neck / AЛEKCAHДPУ БЛAГOДAPHAЯ/ПEPBOMУ POCCIЯ. 1834, 1. PУБЛЬ in exergue, Aleksandrovskaya Kolonna: composite-style column, surmounted by statue of angel holding cross, set on ornate pedestal; the whole surrounded by ornate iron-work fence. Grained edge. Bitkin 894; Severin 3061; Uzdenikov 4190. NGC photo graded PF 63, this coin has an incredible multi-colored patina and beautiful mirror fields. This type is almost always seen in nice condition. A Proof that may be the finest known. It is a numismatic treasure with a wonderful pedigree.

Purchased from Irving Goodman, March 1987.