Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2188. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Alexander III. 1881-1894. Nickel Pattern 3 Kopeks. "Le Nickel" mint in France. Dated 1882. "LE NICKEL" SPECIMEN ALL:25•75 1882, double-headed imperial eagle with crown above, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast with eight provincial coats-of-arms on wings / Legend. Bitkin 226; Uzdenikov 4043; Brekke 55; KM Pn142. In NGC slab, graded MS65. ($2500)