Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 3d.1-Eb.4, W-11500. Rarity-8. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Masonic Punctuation. VF-20 (PCGS).

86.2 grains. Warm, even medium copper and golden-brown patina with a faint reverse carbon spot at St. Patrick's outstretched arm. The obverse is well centered in strike and boldly defined overall, later die state with an internal cud break enveloping the letter E in FLOREAT. The reverse is aligned to 7:30, somewhat soft through center, yet suitably bold elsewhere. The obverse shows two bright, widely spaced, golden-brass splashers - one fairly well centered atop the crown, the other wildly out of position at King David's back. This is the only example of this Martin number recorded in Syd's 2018 census.

PCGS# 927334. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Robert A. Vlack; McCawley-Grellman's sale of the John Griffee Collection of St. Patrick Farthings, November 2003 Ninth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, lot 157; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. The reverse is plated in Syd Martin's 2018 reference on St. Patrick coinage, p. 303.