Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1608. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich. 1881-1894. AR 50 Kopeks (9.98 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Apollon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1894. Б. M. AЛEKCAHДPЪ III ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ BCEPOCCIЙCKГЙ, head right / 50 KOПҌEKЪ 1894 Г. in exergue, 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, filleted imperial crown. On edge: ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 2 ЗOЛOTHИKA 10,5 ДOЛEЙ (AГ). Bitkin 87; Severin 4021; Uzdenikov 2059. NGC photo graded MS 63. Brilliant uncirculated.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, July 1999.

The last year of Aleksandr III.