Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1623. 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 (9.97 g, 12h). Leningrad mint; P.V. Latishev, mintmaster. Dated 1926. Worker standing right with sledge hammer behind back, preparing to strike radiant metal set on anvil; behind, sickle hanging on plow and two gears; 1926г 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 (П•Л). KM 89.2. NGC photo graded MS 63, toned uncirculated.

Purchased from S. L. Lopresto, January 1998.

A variety of the preceding lot.