Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1a.1-Ca.4, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Nothing Below King. Fine-15 (PCGS).

93.2 grains. Syd Martin recorded that this specimen was "selected because of a completely plain rim." Both sides exhibit pleasing two-tone surfaces, the design motifs in ruddy-tan tones, the fields in darker coffee bean-brown. Brass splash nearly fully patinated on this very eye appealing if well circulated coin. This is the middle state of these dies, the obverse sinking above the crack behind King David's portrait, the reverse with a large die break obscuring the steeple of the church.

PCGS# 915280. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Donald Mituzas, January 1992; McCawley-Grellman's sale of the John Griffee Collection of St. Patrick Farthings, Ninth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, November 2003, lot 75; our (Stack's) sale of the Brian Danforth Collection, January 2009 Americana Sale, lot 7017. Both the obverse and reverse are plated in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, pp. 58 and 247, respectively, to illustrate the middle state of these dies.