Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1637. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. Platinum 3 Roubles. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1835. 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, imperial crown / (rosette) 2 ЗOЛ • 41 ДOЛ • ЧИCTOЙ УPAЛЬCKOЙ ПЛATИHЫ, (rosette) 3 (rosette)/PУБЛEЙ/HACEPEБPO/(ornamental spacer)/1835/C.П.Б. in six lines across field. Bitkin 81; Severin 616; Uzdenikov 382; Friedberg 160. In NGC slab graded AU 55.

Bitkin lists a total mintage of 138,504 specimens