Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 53

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

World Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2784		Philippines. Stick Pin with Gold 2 Pesos (1861-1868). KM-143. Isabel II. Reverse side up. Very Fine. Estimated Value $50 - 75. View details	Realized $86
Lot 2785		Philippines. 1000 Piso, 1975. Fr-6; KM-213. Weight .2879 ounces. Bust of President Marcos. On Third anniversary of New Society. Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $220 - 240. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $248
Lot 2786		Philippines. 5000 Piso, 1977. KM-220; Fr-8. Weight 1.9890 ounce. 5th Anniversary of the New Society. Conjoined busts of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos right. Reverse: Presidential seal. Mintage of 3,832 pieces. NGC graded Proof 69 Ultra Cameo, Too large for holder. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2787		Portugal. Cruzado, ND. Fr-26. 3.50 grams. 24.09 mm. Three annulets on L and R,Lisbon mint. John (Joao) III, 1521-1557. Obv: Crowned arms flanked by L and R at sides with three annulets above each letter. Leg: IOANES; III R;PORTVGAL Reverse* Simple cross with central beaded ring. Leg: IN.; HOC; SIGNO; VINCEES. Very Rare. NGC graded AU-55. Estimated Value $12,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2788		Portugal. 2500 Reis, 1851. Fr-143; KM-487. Maria II, 1834-1853. Diademed head left. Reverse: Crowned and mantled arms. Reflective and lustrous surfaces. ICG graded AU-58. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $810
Lot 2789		Russia. 2 Roubles, 1723. Bitkin 1st ed-105; Diakov-12; Fr-91. Peter I, The Great, 1682-1725. Laureate bust right. Reverse: St. Andrew. Lamination mark edge. Some original luster. Rare. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2790		Russia. 2 Roubles, 1756-SPB. Bitkin 1st ed-64; Fr-115; KM-C23.2. Elizabeth, 1741-1762. Bust right. Reverse: Eagle. NGC graded AU-55. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,243
Lot 2791		Russia. 2 Roubles, 1756-SPB. Bitkin 1st ed-64; Fr-115; KM-C23.2. Elizabeth, 1741-1762. Bust right. Reverse: Eagle. NGC graded EF-45. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,553
Lot 2792		Russia. 10 Roubles, 1757-SPB. Bitkin 1st ed-50; Sev-225;Diakov-417; Fr-122; KM-C28.2. Elizabeth, 1741-1762. Ordinary bust type of Elizabeth right. Reverse: Cross of four shields. Very Rare. NGC graded AU-58, not in holder but with photo-certificate. Estimated Value $50,000 - 60,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2793		Russia. 5 Roubles, 1830-SPB PD. Bitkin 1st ed-5; Sev-406; Fr-154; KM-C174. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Crowned eagle with wings down. Reverse: Legend in four lines within wreath, crown above. Sharply struck, fully lustrous, orginal example. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $17,250
Lot 2794		Russia. Platinum 12 Rubles, 1832-SPB. Fr-158; KM-C179; Bitkin 1st Ed-44; Sev-607. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Mintage 1,102. Crowned eagle. Reverse: Value and date. Well struck with semi proof like fields. Very Rare. NGC graded AU-58. Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $24,150
Lot 2795		Russia. Platinum 6 Roubles, 1833-SPB. Bitkin-1st ed-62 (RR); Sev-609; Fr-159; KM-C178. Mintage 302 pieces. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Eagle. Reverse: Value and date. Choice brilliant mint state example. Rare. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $42,550
Lot 2796		Russia. 5 Rubles, 1841-SPB ACh. Bitkin 1st ed-18; Fr-155; KM-C175.1. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Eagle. Reverse: Value and date. Very rare condition. NGC graded MS-65. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2797		Russia. 5 Roubles, 1874-SPB NI. Bitkin 1st ed-22; Sev-496; Fr-163; KM-YB26. Alexander II, 1885-1881. Eagle. Reverse: Value and date. In a new NGC 4 prong holder. NGC graded AU-55. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 2798		Russia. 5 Rubles, 1877-SPB NI. Bitkin 1st ed-25; Fr-163; KM-YB26. Alexander II. Eagle. Reverse: Value and date. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. Estimated Value $650 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $750
Lot 2799		Russia. 10 Rubles, 1899-AG. Fr-179; KM-Y64. Nicholas II. Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $360
Lot 2800		Russia. 5 Rubles, 1901-AP. KM-Y62; Fr-180. Nicholas II. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 2801		Russia. Pattern Gold 'Memorial' Rouble 1796. Catherine II (The Great), 1762-1796. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Weight 35 grams. 38.6mm diam. Edge plain. Obverse: Old coroneted portrait of Catherine facing right. Reverse: Crowned double-headed imperial eagle holding orb and sceptre, date 1796 above. One of a limited edition of 10 gold pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 2802		Russia. Pattern Platinum 'Memorial' Rouble 1796. Catherine II (The Great), 1762-1796. Proof struck in platinum. Weight 35 grams. 38.6mm diam. Edge plain. Obverse: Old coroneted portrait of Catherine facing right. Reverse: Crowned double-headed imperial eagle holding orb and sceptre, date 1796 above. One of a limited edition of 2 platinum pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Catherine's patronage furthered the evolution of the arts in Russia more than any Russian ruler before or after her. The Hermitage Museum which now occupies the whole of the Winter Palace, began as Catherine's personal collection. Some still see Catherine as a usurper whose only claim to legitimacy was during the minority of her son Paul (later Czar Paul I) and a group of nobles connected with Paul contemplated the possibility of a coup to depose Catherine, but this never happened, and she reigned until her death in 1796. Catherine was always shrewdly mindful of her legacy and acted as international mediator in the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778-1779) between Prussia and Austria. In 1780 she set up the League of Armed Neutrality designed to defend neutral shipping from the British Royal Navy during the American Revolution. During her reign Russia imported and studied the classical and European influences which inspired the Russian Enlightenment. Throughout her tenure Catherine famously took many lovers, who were often pensioned off when they no longer interested her. Catherine suffered a stroke in November 1796 and died before regaining consciousness. She is buried at the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St Petersburg. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 2803		Russia. Gold Pattern Accession Rouble 1796. Paul I, 1796-1801. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Weight 35 grams. 38.6mm diam. Edge plain. Weight 35 grams. Obverse; Draped bust of Emperor right, after C. Meisner. Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle holding orb and sceptre. M P at sides. One of a limited edition of 10 gold pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2804		Russia. Platinum Pattern Accession Rouble 1796. Paul I,1796-1801. Proof struck in platinum. Weight 35 grams. 38.6mm diam. Edge plain. Weight 35 grams. Obverse; Draped bust of Emperor right, after C. Meisner. Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle holding orb and sceptre. M P at sides. One of a limited edition of 2 platinum pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. * Paul was born in the Palace of the Empress Elizabeth in St Petersburg. He was the son of Elizabeth's heir, the future Czar Peter II, and his wife, who later became Catherine the Great. In 1771 he suffered an attack of typhus which unfortunately resulted in a facial disfigurement. Lord Buckinghamshire, the British ambassador to the Russian court expressed the view as early as 1764, that his mother Catherine hated him and would have had him put to death as a boy if she had not feared the effects of another royal murder. However, others suggest that she treated him with kindness. Certainly, Catherine's dissolute court was not a good place for a future ruler, but she took the trouble to arrange Paul's marriage to Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse Darmstadt in 1773 and allowed him to attend Council in order that he may be trained for his work as a future Emperor. His tutor Poroshin complained that he was 'always in a hurry' and would not think matters through before he acted. After his first wife died in childbirth, his mother arranged another marriage in October 1776. Paul took as his wife the beautiful Sophia Dorothea of Wurtemburg, later known as Maria Feodorovna. Empress Catherine granted Paul an estate at Gatchina where he maintained a brigade of soldiers whom he drilled in the Prussian fashion. In 1796 Paul became Emperor upon the sudden death of Catherine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2805		Russia. Gold Pattern Coronation Rouble 1797. Paul I, 1796-1801. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Weight 35 grams. 38.6mm diam. Edge plain. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Draped bust of Emperor right, after C. Meisner. Reverse: Crowned initials of Czar. One of a limited edition of 10 gold pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2806		Russia. Platinum Pattern Coronation Rouble 1797. Paul I,1796-1801. Proof struck in platinum. Weight 35 grams. 38.6 mm diam. Edge plain. Obverse: Draped bust of Emperor right, after C. Meisner. Reverse: Crowned initials of Czar. One of a limited edition of 2 platinum pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. * Emperor Paul was considerate and capable of great generosity, but he was also mercurial and capable of vindictiveness. In his first year as ruler he began to reverse many of the policies and plans of his mother. The army, poised to attack Persia as part of Catherine's strategy, was recalled to the capital. Nobles and army commanders who displeased him were victimised or dismissed. Seven field marshals and many many generals fell into this category. He was morbidly suspicious of democracy and anything Western European, he banned the importation of books and censored correspondence with foreigners. In 1797 he formulated a law banning modern dress including round hats, top boots and shoes with laces, and decided that the army would ensure the dress code was adhered to on the streets of St Petersburg. His foreign policy was a series of contradictions where he suddenly changed plans, probably acting after fits of pique! Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2807		Russia. Gold Pattern Memorial Rouble 1801. Paul I,1796-1801. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Weight 35 grams. 38.6 mm diam. Edge plain. Obverse: Draped bust of Emperor right after C. Meisner. Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle holding orb and scepter. M P at sides. One of a limited edition of 10 gold pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2808		Russia. Platinum Pattern Memorial Rouble 1801. Paul I, 1796-1801. Proof struck in platinum. Weight 35 grams. 38.6 mm diam. Edge plain. Obverse: Draped bust of Emperor right after C. Meisner. Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle holding orb and sceptre. M P at sides. One of a limited edition of 2 platinum pieces recently produced by the International Numismatic Agency Ltd. Choice Brilliant Proof. * Paul was obsessed with the notion that he would be assassinated. This was however well-founded. On a night in March 1801 Paul was murdered in his bedroom in the newly built St Michael's Castle, by a band of dismissed officers led by General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian officer who had served Russia, and General Yashvil a Georgian. There are many who see Paul as an obsessive compulsive man who was eccentric and delusional. Others see Paul as a man of high morals who identified and began to fight corruption and complacency in the state. For example it is said that Paul saw in the Russian nobility an element of degeneracy and tried, unsuccessfully, to introduce the high ideals of the Knights of Malta into Russia. It does seem certain, however, that he lacked the charisma of his mother Catherine and his son Alexander, and the task of managing the vast Russian Empire and dealing with the many conflicting and varying factions within that Empire was probably beyond his grasp. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2809		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Accession' Rouble, 1801. Alexander I, 1801-1825. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Obverse: Czar with bare head and elongated neck facing right. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle with uplifted wings within detailed wreath of fruit, leaves, wheat etc. Initials M and P to left and right of eagle. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2810		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Accession' Rouble, 1801. Alexander I,1801-1825. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Czar with bare head and elongated neck facing right. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle with uplifted wings within detailed wreath of fruit, leaves, wheat etc. Initials M and P to left and right of eagle. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Alexander was greatly influenced by Catherine the Great who brought him up and considered him her successor despite the fact that his father was heir to the Russian throne. He became Czar (after his father was murdered) during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars and was crowned in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin in September 1801. The young Emperor was extremely popular among all levels of society and the first half of his reign was marked by liberal internal policies. His various reforms included a restructuring of the nation and an attempt to codify Russian legislation. Later however he reversed many of these changes. Young Alexander sympathized with the French and Polish revolutionaries, but his father seemed to have taught him to combine a natural love of mankind with a coldly practical suspicion of individuals. It is said that Alexander was something of a political chameleon and his contradictory tendencies were apparent throughout his life. The young Czar began to reform the outdated and centralized system of government that Russia relied upon. He retained for a time the old advisers and ministers who had served and then overthrown his father, but later appointed a committee (which comprised young enthusiastic friends of his own) to draw up plans for domestic reform which included provision for a constitutional monarchy. He established freedom for publishing houses, prohibited torture and reduced the activities of the intelligence services. The liberal Mikhail Speransky became a close adviser of Alexander, but his envisaged reforms were too ambitious for an overly conservative nation. By 1812 Speransky had been ousted by his political rivals and Alexander, disillusioned by the limitations of what he could actually achieve, began a lurch towards a more authoritarian rule. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2811		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Military' Rouble, 1801. Alexander I, 1801-1825. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Obverse: Czar facing right with military uniform. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle with uplifted wings, within detailed wreath of fruit, leaves, wheat etc. Initials M and P to left and right of eagle. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2812		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Military' Rouble 1801. Alexander I, 1801-1825. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Proof struck in platinum. Obverse: Czar facing right with military uniform. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle with uplifted wings, within detailed wreath of fruit, leaves, wheat etc. Initials M and P to left and right of eagle. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2813		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Military' Rouble, 1808. Alexander I, 1801-1825. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Czar facing right with military uniform. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle with uplifted wings within detailed wreath of fruit, leaves, wheat etc. Initials M and P to left and right of eagle. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2814		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Military' Rouble, 1808. Alexander I, 1801-1825. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Czar facing right with military uniform. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle with uplifted wings within detailed wreath of fruit, leaves, wheat etc. Initials M and P to left and right of eagle. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Alexander was often portrayed in military uniform. In foreign policy he had many successes, notably winning several military campaigns, and under his rule Russia acquired Finland and parts of Poland. Upon his accession Alexander reversed the policy of his father, and made peace with Great Britain. At the same time he opened negotiations with Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire. Soon afterwards at Memel he entered into a close alliance with Prussia. But just as it seemed he would come to an understanding with France, he became distrustful of Napoleon Bonaparte, and, eventually, diplomatic relations with France were broken off. After Napoleon entered Vienna in triumph he spoke of France and Russia as 'geographical allies' and opened negotiations with Alexander. At first Alexander showed hostility to Napoleon, but, facing defeat by the French, he was won over by Napoleon's magnanimous attitude, and at a meeting in Erfurt in 1808, a treaty of friendship set out the common policy of the two emperors. For a while matters were cordial, but Alexander felt that that he was the victim of manipulation and a breakdown in relations eventually led to Napoleon's ill conceived invasion of Russia in 1812. Later, Napoleon's occupation of Moscow and desecration of the Kremlin turned Alexander's feelings into passionate hatred. 'No more peace with Napoleon' he railed, and Alexander played his role in Napoleon's downfall. Eventually, Alexander changed from 'the peacemaker of Europe' to an orthodox Russian Czar, determined to take the interests of his people and of his religion into his own hands. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2815		Russia. Pattern 'Memorial' Rouble, 1825. Alexander I, 1801-1825. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diam 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Old portrait of Czar right, after C. Leberecht, wreath above. Dates of reign 1801-1825 to right and left. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle, wings down, bearing wreath and arms. MOHETA P. above, 1825 below. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2816		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Memorial' Rouble 1825. Alexnader I,1801-1825. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Old portrait of Czar right, after C. Leberecht, wreath above. Dates of reign 1801-1825 to right and left. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle, wings down, bearing wreath and arms. MOHETA P. above, 1825 below. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Alexander remains one of Russia's most interesting and complex rulers. Added to this, his death is shrouded in mystery. In the autumn of 1825 the Emperor travelled to the south of Russia accompanied by his sick wife. Alexander himself however caught a cold which developed into typhus and he died in the southern city of Taganrog in late November 1825. His body was (officially) transported to Saint Petersburg and he was interred there in March 1826. His wife died a few months later. The sudden death started rumours that the disillusioned Czar had secretly renounced the throne and retired to spend his life in solitude. It was rumoured that a soldier was buried as 'Alexander' and a British ambassador had, in reality, seen Alexander boarding a ship. Some say the emperor became a monk in Pochaev Lavra or Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra. Many believed that a mysterious hermit Feodor Kuzmich who emerged in Siberia in 1836 and died near Tomsk in 1864 was actually Alexander. In 1925 the Soviets opened Alexander's tomb and there was no body. Confusion followed Alexander's death and there was an attempted coup by liberal- minded officers. The heir presumptive, Alexander's brother Constantine, had in 1822 renounced his rights to the throne, but no-one outside the Czar's family seemed aware of the fact. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2817		Russia. Gold Pattern Rouble, 1825. Constantine (1825) Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: bare headed portrait of Constantine facing right, based on contemporary portraits. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle, wings down, bearing wreath and arms. MOHETA P. above, 1825 below. Edge plain. Constantine had some of the features of his father, Paul I, but also resembled his brother Alexander I. No Russian coins were officially issued in the name of Constantine, although a pattern coin produced at the time by his supporters does exist. This is one of 3 pieces recently produced struck in gold in high relief with a plain raised obverse border. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2818		Russia. Platinum Pattern Rouble, 1825. Constantine (1825) Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: bare headed portrait of Constantine facing right, based on contemporary portraits. Reverse: Crowned imperial double headed eagle, wings down, bearing wreath and arms. MOHETA P. above, 1825 below. This is one of 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum in high relief with a plain raised obverse border. Choice Brilliant Proof. * Constantine was a Russian grand duke, second son of Czar Paul I and brother of Alexander I and Nicholas I. On the sudden and mysterious death of Alexander I in the distant city of Taganrog in 1825, Constantine was next in line for succession to the throne. However, in 1822, he had secretly renounced his claim in favor of Nicholas, in return for Alexander's permission to divorce his first wife and marry a Polish countess. The arrangement was not made public and some confusion resulted over the succession. A group known as the 'Decembrists' took advantage of the situation and attempted to seize power under the slogan 'Constantine and Constitution.' Nicholas quelled the uprising and put the ringleaders to death. During the entire episode Constantine remained in Poland, where he had been commander in chief and virtual governor since 1815. The severity of his administration there led to the Polish uprising of 1830. Constantine died in 1831 before the rebellion was fully suppressed. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2819		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Accession Rouble', 1825. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Young portrait of Nicholas I after Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783-1873) facing right. Reverse features crowned imperial double headed eagle, wings down, bearing wreath and arms. MOHETA P. above 1825 below. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2820		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Accession Rouble' 1825. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Young portrait of Nicholas I after Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783-1873) facing right. Reverse features crowned imperial double headed eagle, wings down, bearing wreath and arms. MOHETA P. above 1825 below. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Nicholas I was the third son of Czar Paul I and Maria, born in June 1796 while his grandmother, Catherine II (The Great) was still ruler. Catherine whisked the young Nicholas into her private quarters and began to raise him herself, but five months later, after Catherine's death, Nicholas was returned to his somewhat disinterested parents. Alongside his younger brother he grew up in the care of an old general named Lamsdorff. Because he was not considered likely to succeed to the throne, he received an education in military engineering. In the 1820s he held the post of inspector general of the army engineers. Prior to that he was able to travel extensively and on a visit to London in 1816 an aristocratic English lady declared him to be 'the most handsome man in Europe.' He fell in love with the delicate Princess Charlotte of Prussia, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm III, and married her in July 1817. They had seven children. It was by now assumed that he would become heir to the throne. His older brother, Czar Alexander I and his wife had no children, and his other brother Constantine was clearly unsuited or unwilling to succeed to the throne. After the death of Alexander I in 1825 and the quelling of the Decembrist uprising perpetrated in the name of his brother Constantine, Nicholas I began a 30-year reign as unchallenged ruler of Russia. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2821		Russia. Gold Pattern 1 ½ Roubles 1832. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Young portrait of Nicholas I after Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783-1873). Reverse features a contemporary version of the imperial, two headed eagle bearing sceptre and orb. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2822		Russia. Platinum Pattern 1 ½ Roubles 1832. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Young portrait of Nicholas I after Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783-1873). Reverse features a contemporary version of the imperial, two headed eagle bearing sceptre and orb. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Nicholas saw his role to be that of a paternal autocrat and having survived the Decembrist Revolt he was determined to keep heavy restraints on Russian society. Spies, informers and strict government censorship became the order of the day. Nicholas refused to abolish serfdom but did a little to improve the lot of the lowest strata of society. He strengthened and centralized bureaucratic structures in Russia to an unprecedented degree. Harsh and despotic by nature, he had little time for abstract ideas and any signs of liberalism within Russia were brutally suppressed. In 1831 the Polish Parliament had deposed Nicholas as ruler of Poland in response to his repeated curtailment of its constitutional rights. The Czar reacted by sending Russian troops into Poland, crushing the rebellion, abrogating the constitution, reducing Poland to the status of a Russian province and instituting a policy of repressing the Catholics. When in 1848 a series of revolutions swept across Europe, Nicholas was the standard bearer for the forces of reaction. He urged Prussia not to accept a liberal constitution and in 1849 intervened on behalf of the Habsburgs. But at the same time as he fought to maintain the status quo in Europe he sought to partition the Ottoman Empire and achieve a measure of Russian influence. Russia fought a successful war against the Ottomans in 1828 and 1829, and later, believing he would find allies among the European nations, Nicholas moved against the Ottomans again as they declared war on Russia in 1853. Fearing a Russian victory, however, Britain, France and some of the Italian states joined forces against Russia in what was to become the Crimean War. Austria offered the Ottomans diplomatic support and Prussia remained neutral, leaving Russia without any allies. The European armies landed in the Crimea and laid siege to the well fortified garrison of Sevastopol, and after a year's siege the town fell, exposing Russia's inability to defend a major fortification on its own soil. Before this, however, Nicholas had died, pondering the hopeless situation he had created. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2823		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Memorial' Rouble 1855. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diameter 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Older portrait of Nicholas facing right, after Utkin. Dates of reign 1825-1855. Reverse: Detailed rendition of crowned imperial two-headed eagle with orb and sceptre, numeral 1 (Rouble) above. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2824		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Memorial' Rouble 1855. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diameter 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Older portrait of Nicholas facing right, after Utkin. Dates of reign 1825-1855. Reverse: Detailed rendition of crowned imperial two-headed eagle with orb and sceptre, numeral 1 (Rouble) above. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. * Nicholas I died in March 1855. The cause of his death is unclear and there are those who maintain that he poisoned himself after hearing of Russia's defeat at Eupatoria during the Crimean War. Nicholas died before the end of the Siege of Sevastopol. He was buried in the Cathedral of the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. Historical writers have not been kind to Nicholas I and it is often said that Russia's drift to revolution began during his reign. Although Nicholas lacked his brother Alexander's intellectual and spiritual breadth there are those who maintain that Nicholas did not actually enjoy the role of autocrat, and only acted as he did because he believed he had no choice. It is sometimes said that he hated serfdom at heart, but he was unwilling to upset the status quo. Nevertheless, there have been many damning verdicts on Nicholas' tenure. At the end of his life, one of Nicholas's most devoted civil servants A.V. Nikitenko gave his opinion 'The main failing of the reign of Nicholas I was that it was ALL a mistake.'. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2825		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Coronation' Rouble 1856. Alexander II, 1855- 1881. Proof struck in 22ct gold. Edge plain. Diameter 38.6mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Conjoined busts of the Czar (from the portrait by A. Lyalin) and his wife Empress Maria Alexandrovna, facing right. Reverse: Detailed rendition of crowned imperial two-headed eagle with orb and sceptre, numeral 1 (Rouble) above. There were no currency roubles issued during the reign of Alexander II which bore his portrait. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Alexander and Maria were crowned in the cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Together they had 8 children. She participated little in public life. Alexander was a pragmatic leader who veered away from the narrow autocratic views of his father. He quickly moved to close the embarrassing foreign policy manoeuvres of Nicholas I and made peace in the Crimea. In 1861 he promoted the emancipation of the serfs and he also engineered many other relatively liberal reforms. Nevertheless, the growth of revolutionary movements within Russia led to constant attempts on his life. In 1866 there was an assassination attempt in St Petersburg. Alexander survived and built new churches and chapels in many Russian cities to celebrate his narrow escape, One morning in April 1879 the Czar was walking and was confronted by a former student Alexander Soloviev who fired a revolver five times at his intended victim, but missed. Other revolutionaries were keen to murder Alexander, and in December 1879 the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) group organised a huge explosion on the railway from Livadia to Moscow, but they missed the Czar's train. Undaunted, the same people, on the evening of 5th February 1880, set off another explosion under the dining room of the imperial Winter Palace. The Czar was late for supper and survived, but 67 others were killed or wounded. In March 1881 a youth threw a bomb under Czar Alexander's bulletproof carriage as he travelled his regular route to review the Life Guards in Manezh. Although one of his companions was killed, the fortified carriage (a gift from Napoleon III of France) was barely damaged, and the Czar emerged unscathed. A second bomb was however thrown at the Czar's feet by another would-be assassin, Ignacy Hryniewiecki. The assassins had finally succeeded and Alexander's reign ended abruptly in March 1881. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2826		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Accession' Rouble 1894. Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Type 1. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diam 38.6 mm. weight 35 grams. Obverse: Portrait of Czar Nicholas II facing left. Reverse: Imperial double headed Russian eagle, date (1894) and denomination 1 (Rouble) below. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2827		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Accession' Rouble 1894. Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Type 1. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Portrait of Czar Nicholas II facing left. Reverse: Imperial double headed Russian eagle, date (1894) and denomination 1 (Rouble) below. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,400
Lot 2828		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Accession' Rouble 1894. Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Type 2. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: The conjoined busts of Czar Nicholas II and his Empress Alexandra Fedorovna facing right, after Anton Vasyutinsky (1858-1935). Reverse: Imperial double headed Russian eagle, date (1894) and denomination 1 (Rouble) below. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2829		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Accession' Rouble 1894. Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Type 2. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: The conjoined busts of Czar Nicholas II and his Empress Alexandra Fedorovna facing right, after Anton Vasyutinsky (1858-1935). Reverse: Imperial double headed Russian eagle, date (1894) and denomination 1 (Rouble) below. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. *Son of Czar Alexander III and Empress Feodorovna, Nicholas II was the last Russian Emperor. He ascended the throne after the death of his father in October 1894 and was crowned in May 1896. The ceremony in Moscow was overshadowed by a catastrophe on the Khodynskoe Field, where more than a thousand spectators were crushed to death. He married the daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig of Hessen, Alice Victoria Eleanor Louisa Beatrice (later Alexandra Feodorovna) and had five children. According to contemporaries, Nicholas was a gentle and approachable man and those who met him easily forgot that they were face to face with an Emperor. In private life he was undemanding, but contradictions in his character led to weakness and inconsistency. He was a steadfast believer in the rights of a ruler and he stubbornly opposed change, even when circumstance and common sense demanded it. He tried desperately to cling to power during the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and freedoms granted to people in his manifesto of October 1905 were soon annulled. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2830		Russia. Gold Pattern 'Family' Rouble 1917. Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Proof struck in 22ct (.916) gold. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Portrait of Nicholas II facing left. Reverse: Cameo portraits of the imperial family (centre) Empress Alexandra (clockwise from top) son Alexei (born 1904) daughter Tatiana (born 1897) daughter Marie (born 1897) daughter Anastasia (born 1901) and daughter Olga (born 1895) and the date 1917 below. One of only 10 pieces recently produced struck in gold. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 2831		Russia. Platinum Pattern 'Family' Rouble 1917. Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Proof struck in platinum. Edge plain. Diam. 38.6 mm. Weight 35 grams. Obverse: Portrait of Nicholas II facing left. Reverse: Cameo portraits of the imperial family (center) Empress Alexandra (clockwise from top) son Alexei (born 1904) daughter Tatiana (born 1897) daughter Marie (born 1897) daughter Anastasia (born 1901) and daughter Olga (born 1895) and the date 1917 below. One of only 2 pieces recently produced struck in platinum. Choice Brilliant Proof. This retrospective pattern was inspired by the 1836 'Family' Rouble of Alexander I (which featured cameo portraits of the royal family) and serves as a memento of the final year of the Romanov dynasty. * The reign of Nicholas II was blighted by a relentless flow of major domestic and international problems, virtually all of which were beyond the control of a Czar who was in many ways well-meaning and honourable, but unsuited to the demands of the time. Although Alexandra and Nicholas had four beautiful, spirited, and accomplished daughters, the constant ill-health of their son and presumed heir Alexei drained their energies. Alexei was afflicted by haemophilia, an hereditary disease, which prevents blood clotting and at the time was presumed incurable. The condition was kept quiet, although many in the population knew that there were serious problems. At first Alexandra turned to Russian doctors to treat Alexei, but as their treatments generally failed she began to approach mystics and holy men. One of these, Grigori Rasputin, appeared to have had a degree of success. Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, Russia was eventually dragged into a conflict for which she was vastly unprepared. Gradually, a war of attrition on the huge eastern front saw Russia facing the combined armies of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires. Casualties were awful. The Czar decided to help spearhead the offensive and left government in the hands of his wife and Rasputin. Soon the capital became the domain of rioters and counter-insurgents. By 1917 this sprawling nation was virtually ungovernable. Rasputin was assassinated, and Czar Nicholas abdicated in March 1917. The family was imprisoned, and after the Bolsheviks came to power in October 1917 they were held under ever stricter control. In 1918 all seven family members were put to death. This was the end of the Romanov dynasty and the Russian Empire. In 1981 the family were recognised as martyred saints by the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2832		Samoa. 100 Tala, 1987. KM-68; Fr-19. Weight .2170 ounce. America's Cup Race. Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $160 - 180. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 2833		Saudi Arabia. Guinea, AH1370 (1950). Fr-1; KM-36. Trade coinage. Arab legend in cirlce on each side. NGC graded In a new 4 prong NGC holder. MS-63. Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold

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