August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Undated (1724) Pattern Rosa Americana Penny. Martin 5.1-H.1, W-1310. Rarity-7+. ROSA: SINE: SPINA. EF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).
114.9 grains. Dark, rough, pitted surfaces, although all design elements are plainly evident, and most are quite boldly defined. The legend ROSA SINE SPINA translates to "rose without a thorn." Undated, but we can surmise a 1724 manufacture based on the shared obverse die with the even rarer 1724/3 silver penny, Martin 5.1-G.1. Just five examples from the 5.1-H.1 pairing are known, the sixth listed in Syd's book is actually the same as his number five, which he admitted was a possibility. One is impounded in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, a gift of the Norweb family. Syd owned two at one time, his primary specimen, ex Ford, and later certified VF-30 by PCGS, realized $9,600 as lot 1241 in our Winter 2022 Auction. The only one slightly finer than the Ford-Martin coin is the Fenton-Peterson-Menchell specimen which has nearly Mint State sharpness, but somewhat rough surfaces. The present offering, although with less than ideal surfaces, delivers good overall detail and a strong numismatic provenance. Given the rarity of this variety, it will surely see spirited bidding before finding its way into another highly regarded cabinet.
PCGS# 905739. BASE PCGS# 137.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Henry Chapman, 1908; Albert Holden; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Norweb Collection, Part II, March 1988, lot 2440; Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 3, 2006. One of two plate coins for obverse 5.1 in the 2011 Martin reference on Rosa Americana coinage.
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| Price realized | 3'400 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 7'500 USD |
