Watch List notes:

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AV 25 Roubles (33.5mm, 32.27 g, 12h). Commemorating the Coronation of the Tsar. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1896. Б. M. HИKOЛAЙ II ИMПЄPATOPЪ И CAMOДЄPЖЄЦЪ BCЄPOCC. in Old Cyrillic, head left / 2½ ИMПЄPIAЛA (flower) 25 P(OУ)БЛЄЙ ЗОЛОТOMЪ. 1896 Г. (flower) in Old Cyrillic, 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; arms of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Novosibirsk on right wing, Kingdom of Poland, Crimea, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; above, filleted imperial crown. Edge: ЧИCTAГO ЗOЛOTA 6 ЗOЛOTHИKOBЪ 77.4 ДOЛИ (star) in Old Cyrillic. Bitkin 312; Severin, Gold, 555; cf. Uzdenikov 4211 (Paris mint); Friedberg 171. In NGC encapsulation graded PF 61. Lustrous, some hairlines.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1983.