Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2161. Estimate $45000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $70000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas I. 1825-1855. Platinum 12 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1844. Mintage: 4. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle, holding sceptre and orb, state coat-of-arms on breast with six provincial arms on wings; crown above, Hutten-Czapski cachet between heads / Legend and date. Severin 646; Uzdenikov 407; Friedberg 158; KM 179. In NGC slab, graded PF63. Reflective surfaces, frosted cameo devices, minor hairlines. ($45,000)

From the collection of Count Emmerich Hutten-Czapski, with his hallmark.