Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.3-Ca.5, W-11500. Rarity-6+. Copper. Nothing Below King. VF-30 (PCGS).

88.6 grains. Warm autumn-brown patina blankets surfaces that are somewhat glossy. This piece is nicely centered in strike with all major design elements bold and just light to moderate wear. Several faint planchet striations through the central obverse are as made and minimally distracting during in hand viewing. The reverse is microporous at center, both sides with a few widely scattered pits that are of little concern. A huge, broad, brassy-gold splasher is centered on the crown and extends into the field above, left and right.

PCGS# 915681. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Ira S. Reed, July 21, 1944; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the Benson Collection, Part I, February 2001, lot 5; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. The plate coin for both the obverse and reverse dies in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, pp. 72 and 249, respectively.