Description
Russia, Alexander III (1881-1894), silver 3 Zolotniks, c. 1885, St. Petersburg, crowned double headed eagle within small circle, next to the claws of the eagle sign of the main probiere of St. Petersburg Mint ‘A and D’ – Alexander Dobronizskiy, 12.77g (Bit. 260).
About Extremely Fine, rare and nice cabinet tone, minor scratches.
These large silver ingots are also known as mining ingots because they were used to repay Russian miners who supplied gold to the mint. Both the Dolya and the Zolotnik are weights, not denominations.
