Stack's Bowers Galleries

February 2024 US CCO Auction  –  20 - 22 February 2024

Stack's Bowers Galleries, February 2024 US CCO Auction

U.S. Coins and Currency

Part 1: Tu, 20.02.2024, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 2: We, 21.02.2024, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 3: Th, 22.02.2024, from 6:00 PM CET
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Description

Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 2a.1-Ea.7, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King. Fine-12 (PCGS).

80.4 grains. The 2018 Martin census includes only five examples of this rare die combination. The obverse of this one is quite dramatic with a widely misplaced splasher located nearly in the center of the coin.

PCGS# 915328. NGC ID: AUAR.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online); Jim LaSarre, December 21, 2009. The plate coin for reverse Ea.7 in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, p. 297.

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Price realized 340 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 600 USD
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