Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2163. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas I. 1825-1855. Platinum 3 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1844. Mintage: 214,504. 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. Severin 643-644; Uzdenikov 409; Friedberg 160; KM 177. In NGC slab, graded MS62. ($2000)