Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2168. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas I. 1825-1855. AR Proof 10 Kopeks. St. Petersburg mint; Paul Alexiev, mintmaster. Dated 1846. 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 / Crown above, all in wreath of laurel and oak. Bitkin 369; Uzdenikov 1646; Severin 3489; KM 164.1. In NGC slab, graded PF64. Brilliant surfaces. ($250)