1722 Rosa Americana Penny. Martin 2.12-D.3, W-1268. Rarity-5. UTILE DULCI. MS-62 (PCGS).

127.0 grains. A distinctive piece with a predominantly brassy-yellow obverse and a mostly olive-brown reverse. Sharp, unworn, and the surfaces retain their satiny mint texture. There is a bit of natural planchet porosity on the obverse while the reverse is smoother, but both sides are very attractive and essentially problem-free. This is the highest graded example among the 11 specimens surveyed in the Martin book, and four additional attributed examples that have appeared at auction in recent years do not rival the condition offered here. Plated in the Martin book to illustrate the reverse die as well as the overall D reverse group, characterized by dies with rosettes following AMERICANA and the date.

PCGS# 905660.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Rosa Americana Ltd.'s Summer 1996 Fixed Price List, lot 24. Reverse plated in the Martin reference "The Rosa Americana Coinage of William Wood," pp. 122, 208.