Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2196. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas II. 1894-1917. AV 7 1/2 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1897. Bare head left / 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. Bitkin 17; Uzdenikov 324; Severin 557; KM 63; Friedberg 178. In PCGS slab, graded MS65. ($600)