Mintage of 1007

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1298. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich. 1881-1894. AV 10 Roubles (12.92 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Apollon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1894. _ ”By the grace of God, Aleksandr III Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia” in Cyrillic, crowned bust right / 10 “Roubles” 1894 in Cyrillic; É. in exergue, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei the First Called on breast; arms of Kazan, Kingdom of Poland, Crimea, and United Principal Russian Grand Duchies on right wing, Astrakhan, Novosibirsk, Caucasus, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; filleted imperial crown above. On edge: “Unalloyed gold 2 Zolotnik 69,36 Dolyas” (Ä•É) in Cyrillic. Bitkin 23; Uzdenikov 311; Friedberg 167; KM (Y)A42. In an NGC slab graded AU 58.

Bitkin lists a mintage of approximately 1007 pieces of this denomination for this year.