Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2152. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas I. 1825-1855. AV 5 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint; Alexei Chadov, mintmaster. Dated 1841/0. Double-headed imperial eagle with crown above, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast with six provincial coats-of-arms on wings / Legend and date. Bitkin 18; Uzdenikov 218; Severin 439; KM 175.1; Friedberg 155. In NGC slab, graded MS63. Unlisted overdate. Nice cartwheel lustre. ($400)