Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1616. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AR Rouble (20.04 g, 12h). 100-Letiya Otechestbennoye Voyenye 1812 issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Elikum Babayantz, mintmaster. Dated 1912. AЛEKCAHДPЪ I БOЖIEЮ MИЛOCTIЮ ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ BCEPOCCIЙCKIЙ, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; all set on ornate globe surmounted by filleted imperial crown; arms of Grand Duchy of Kiev, Grand Duchy of Novgorod, and Astrakhan to left, arms of Grand Duchy of Vladimir, Kazan, and Novosibirsk to right; all joined by floral chain / 1812/CЛABHЫЙ POДБ/CEЙ MИHУЛЪ,/HO HE ПPOЙДУTЪ/COДҌЯHHЫE BЪ/HEMЪ ПOДBИГИ/—/1912. in eight lines across field. On edge: ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 4 ЗOЛOTHИKA 21 ДOЛEЙ (Э•Б). Bitkin 334; Severin 4164; Uzdenikov 4200. NGC photo graded MS 64.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, September 1990. Ex Sternberg.

The condition of this commemorative is enigmatic. Is it a combination Brilliant obverse and Matte proof reverse? Or is it a proof-like Brilliant Uncirculated coin? You decide. We will call it superb Proof-Like Brilliant Uncirculated with wonderful surfaces – and rare as such.