Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.4-Ba.16, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Nothing Below King. VF-25 (PCGS).

82.0 grains. Rich autumn-brown surfaces are a trifle darker on the obverse than the reverse. Legends and devices are worn into smoothness, while some trifling graininess in the fields is normal to this issue and should not bother even the most astute collector. Softness around much of the reverse periphery is mostly due to die fatigue. Brass splasher well centered atop the crown. The 2018 Martin census traces only five examples of this die pairing, the finest of which are at the VF level.

PCGS# 915296. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from McCawley-Grellman's sale of the John Griffee Collection of St. Patrick Farthings, November 2003 Ninth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, lot 89; our (Stack's) sale of September 2005, lot 226; Jim LaSarre, December 2009.