Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2136. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas I. 1825-1855. Platinum 3 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1836. Mintage: 43,752. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle, holding sceptre and orb, state coat-of-arms on breast with six provincial arms on wings; crown above / Legend and date. Large letters. Severin 619; Uzdenikov 385; Friedberg 160; KM 177. In NGC slab, graded MS62. ($1000)

Severin records lettering varieties for the years 1830, 1834 and 1844, but not 1836.