Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 4f.1-Ge.2, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Stars in Legend. VG-10 (PCGS).

95.3 grains. A handsome medium brown example with lighter devices on the obverse, deep brassy-gold splasher set at the top of and above the crown. Obverse a bit soft at 6 o'clock, reverse soft through lower right quadrant, other areas on both sides significantly bolder. The surfaces are microporous, flan with a few flaws at central reverse, yet free of troublesome marks. Eleven of these were known to Griffee, although Syd traced just five of them for his 2018 census.

PCGS# 915242. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from McCawley-Grellman's Fifteenth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, November 2009, lot 10. Both the obverse and reverse are plated in Syd Martin's 2018 reference on St. Patrick coinage, pp. 169 and 351, respectively.