Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 4m.1-Gh.2, W-11500. Rarity-8. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Stars in Legend. VF-20 (PCGS).

95.2 grains. This beautiful golden-brown example is enhanced by olive-copper peripheral highlights. The bright golden-brass splasher has an interesting spade shape; it is positioned to the lower left of the crown and just barely touches it. Smooth, hard good copper with trivial softness at the upper left obverse and upper right reverse due to trivial off-centering, otherwise both sides are well defined for the grade and type. This is a unique obverse die for the Stars in Legend group, with a color preceding the R in REX. The present example is also confirmed as unique for this die pairing in both the Griffee and Martin censuses.

PCGS# 927335. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Robert A. Vlack, April 16, 1996; McCawley-Grellman's sale of the John Griffee Collection of St. Patrick Farthings, November 2003 Ninth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, lot 199; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. Both the obverse and reverse are plated in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, pp. 179 and 357, respectively.