Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1614. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $28000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AR 50 Kopeks (9.97 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Elikum Babayantz, mintmaster. Dated 1906. Б. M. HИKOЛAЙ II ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ BCEPOCC., head left / 50 KOПҌEKЪ 1906 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 (Э•Б). Bitkin 85; Severin 4123; Uzdenikov 2154. NGC photo graded PF 66, a perfect specimen of this date with beautiful red to russet patina. A rare date and gem proof.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, May 1997.