CNG 87, Lot: 1971. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. CU 10 Kopeek (44mm, 40.04 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1838. Crowned double-headed eagle facing, with wings spread, holding scepters, arrows, wreath, and garland; coat-of-arms on breast; crown above / Denomination in two lines. Bitkin 475; Uzdenikov 3350; KM (C) 141.1. UNC, attractive red-brown surfaces, minor flan flaw on reverse and struck from a rusty reverse die.

From the HLT Collection.