August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.1-Aa.1, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Halo Around Saint's Head. VF Details--Scratch (PCGS).
73.5 grains. An exceptionally attractive coin for the assigned grade, struck on high-quality copper with no detracting flan flaws or pitting. Handsomely toned, as well, both sides exhibit warm, even, rose-brown color. Reverse a bit tight to 1 o'clock with the upper right border into the top of the letters RE in REX, reverse nicely centered, both sides with universally bold VF detail and moderate wear that finds greatest expression in the centers. The obverse has a nice splasher, well centered on the crown. Unfortunately, the same side also shows a number of intentional scratches oriented vertically over and before King David's portrait. This is one of the rare and significant "Halo" or "Nimbus" varieties of St. Patrick farthing, characterized by the added reverse detail of a halo of rays emanating from both sides of the saint's mitre. Just two of the nearly 150 known farthing reverse dies display this feature, and these two dies are seen in three die combinations, all of which are extremely rare. The two Halo reverses, Aa.1 and Ab.1, together comprise Martin's reverse group A. As a major variety at PCGS and a Guide Book -listed type this is a necessary coin for the many collectors putting together the small yet challenging type set of St. Patrick coinage. As such, the small number of Halo specimens see intense demand when offered for sale and realize strong prices regardless of grade.
PCGS# 915292. BASE PCGS# 82. NGC ID: 2U3R.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Bill Anton; Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 3, 2006. The plate coin for the middle die state of reverse Aa.1 in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, p. 208.
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| Price realized | 5'500 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 4'000 USD |
