1831 Platinum 12 Roubleï

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1665. Estimate $75000. Sold for $72500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. Platinum 12 Roubleï (34.8mm, , 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1832. Dated 1831. 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, Caucasus, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; imperial crown above / (rosette) 96 ЗОΛ · 68 ДОΛ · ЧИСТОЙ УРАΛЬСКОЙ ПΛАТИНЫ (96 zolotniky, 68 doleï unalloyed Ural platinum), (rosette) 12 (rosette)/РУБΛЕЙ/НА СЕРЕБРО/(ornamental spacer)/1831./с.п.Б. ([rosette] 12 [rosette]/Roubles/of Silver/[ornamental spacer]/1831./[mintmark]). Bitkin 40; Severin, Gold, 604; Uzdenikov 0368; Friedberg 158; KM (C)179. In NGC encapsulation graded PF 63 Cameo.

Bitkin records a total mintage of 1463 specimens for 1831.