Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1622. Estimate $25.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 1923-1991. AR Politinnik (10.01 g, 12h). London mint; Thomas Ross, mintmaster. Dated 1924. Worker standing right with sledge hammer behind back, preparing to strike radiant metal set on anvil; behind, sickle hanging on plow and two gears; 1924г in exergue / ПPOЛETAPИИ BCEX CTPAH, COEДИHЖЙTECЬ!, arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; script CC CP flanking; OДИH/ПOЛTИHHИK/(ornamental spacer) in three lines below. On edge: ЧИCTOГO CEPEБPA 9 ГPAMM (23.10,5 Д.) T•P. KM 89.1. NGC photo graded MS 62. Choice uncirculated.

Purchased from S. L. Lopresto, January 1998.

First 50 Kopeck type of the Soviet Union.