Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 3b.3-Fb.3, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Masonic Punctuation. VF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).
71.4 grains. Syd Martin recorded only six examples from these dies in his survey of major colonial coin collections published in 2018.
PCGS# 915345. NGC ID: AUAR.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex our (Bowers and Merena's) Lindesmith & LaRiviere Collections sale, November 1999, lot 6; McCawley-Grellman's Seventh Annual C-4 Convention Sale, November 2001, lot 212; John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online); Jim LaSarre December 21, 2009. The plate coin for the late die state of reverse Fb.3 in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, p. 310.
Price realized | 300 USD |
Starting price | 1 USD |
Estimate | 700 USD |