Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1596. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $28000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AR 1½ Rouble – 10 Złot (31.10 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nikolai Grachev, mintmaster. Dated 1836. (flower) ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 6 ЗOЛOTHИKOBЪ 31½ 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 / 1½/PУБЛЯ./10/ZŁOT •/1836. in five lines across field. • CEP • 83 1/3 ПPOБЫ 7 ЗOЛ • 27 21/25 ДOЛЬ. Bitkin 1089; Severin 3166; Uzdenikov 4096. NGC photo graded PF 66, a companion Gem Proof.

Ex Stack’s (8 December 1993), lot 3043.