RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Nicholas I, 1825-1855, AR rouble (20.62g), 1841, Dav-288A, Bitkin-898, silver "Marriage Rouble" by H. Gube, variety with reeded edge, struck to commemorate the wedding of Grand Duke Alexander and Princess Maria of Hesse-Darmstadt, Conjoined busts of Grand Duke Alexander and Maria, left // crowned monograms between standing Cupid and Psycho, with date below, Proof, RRR. Heinrich Ignaz Gube was born in Breslau, Germany in 1805. He first worked in Berlin for the private firm of Loos. In 1830 he was invited to the Russian service by Earl Kankrimym, then the minister of finance, to the service to Russia "to improve the medallion art" and was appointed as the main medallion engraver of the St. Petersburg mint. He also taught in the medallion class of the mining and technical school at the technological institute for several years. He was known as Andrey Ignat'yevich Gube in Russian. Gube died in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1848. Although this medal bears the denominational name rouble below the bust, it has been considered a medal by Russian numismatists.

Estimate: 3,000-5,000 USD