Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 3f.1-Fb.4, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Masonic Punctuation. Fine-15 (PCGS).

99.4 grains. This glossy golden-copper example is hard and pleasingly smooth in hand. Obverse well centered and boldly defined for the grade, deep brass splasher centered over the right part of the crown with two areas corroded to charcoal-green. The reverse represents the late state of the die, softly defined around much of the periphery with an arcing break from the church steeple into St. Patrick's robes. Syd records five examples from these dies in his 2018 census. This lot includes NGC insert #655535-003 with a grade of Fine-15 BN, presumably from an earlier certification of this coin.

PCGS# 915364. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Jim LaSarre, December 2009. The reverse is plated in Syd Martin's 2018 reference on St. Patrick coinage, p. 311.