1722 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny. Martin 4.20-C.4, W-12810. Rarity-5. Second Type, Harp at Right, DEII. AU-50 (PCGS).

106.3 grains. Glossy reddish chocolate-brown surfaces with no roughness and just a sprinkling of tiny marks at the lower obverse. With its repunched I in DEI, this is the DEII listed in the Breen Encyclopedia, Breen-147. A popular variety and this is a significant grade, PCGS shows two VF-35s as the best currently graded otherwise.

PCGS# 920835.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex William Wood Estate; Robert A. Vlack Collection, March 2000. Plated in the 2007 Martin reference "The Hibernia Coinage of William Wood (1722-1724)" pp. 180, 294.