Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.27-Da.8, W-11500. Rarity-6+. Copper. Nothing Below King. VF-35 (PCGS).High technical grade with very little actual wear. Weakly struck at the harp where the planchet was quite rough and flawed pre-strike. Light porosity elsewhere but very few marks. Medium brown with brass on the crown and King Davids face. Thin die cracks in right obverse field and what appears to be a rim cud at the top of the reverse.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Northeast Numismatics, November 2008; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. Obverse plated in the 2018 Martin reference Saint Patrick Coinage (for Ireland and New Jersey) p. 99.
