Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1b.7-Ca.13, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Nothing Below King. VF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).

98.4 grains. Generally dark brown surfaces are granular in places explaining the PCGS qualifier, but many of the design elements are smoother and lighter autumn-brown. The splasher remains warm brassy-gold on the crown, darker earthen-brown where it has bled into the field below. The upper right obverse and upper left reverse are devoid of detail, as made, but otherwise we note universally bold detail. Only six examples of this rare Martin number are listed in Syd's 2018 census, the finest of which are clustered around the VF level.

PCGS# 915288. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Jeff Rock, December 1992; McCawley-Grellman's sale of the John Griffee Collection of St. Patrick Farthings, November 2003 C-4 Convention Sale, lot 106; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. Both the obverse and reverse are plated in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, pp. 67 and 257, respectively.