Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1611. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AR 50 Kopeks (10.01 g, 12h). Paris mint. Dated 1896. Б. M. HИKOЛAЙ II ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ BCEPOCC., head left / 50 KOПҌEKЪ 1896 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. Bitkin 196; Severin 4031; Uzdenikov 2068. NGC photo graded MS 65, this specimen is moderately toned with fully lustrous surfaces. Brilliant uncirculted.

Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior, 11 February 1991), lot 1541.