CNG 87, Lot: 2211. Estimate $500. Sold for $6601. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr I Pavlovich. 1801-1825. Pattern CU ‘Poltina’ (27mm, 7.72 g, 12h). Soho mint; Matthew Boulton, mintmaster; Conrad Heinrich Küchler, designor. Struck circa 1804. ALEXANDER I · D : G · IMP · AVTOCR · RVSSOR ·, draped bust right in military attire / Crowned double-headed eagle facing, with wings spread, holding orb and scepter; on breast, coat-of-arms within Collar of the Order of St. Andrei; crown above. Bitkin Ж921; Uzdenikov p. 655, 2; Diakov 293.2; KM Pn62. Proof, attractive chocolate brown surfaces. Includes original shell casings. Rare and interesting.