Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 2d.1-Fd.3, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King. Fine Details--Damage (PCGS).102.6 grains. Glossy tan surfaces with just a little underlying roughness in places. Not much actual damage, just struck on a flawed planchet that has some voids and irregularities. A few letters and portions of the detail are indistinct due to strike, but most of the major design elements are present.PCGS# 915338.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Morris Geiger, January 1995; John Griffee; McCawley & Grellmans Ninth Annual C4 Convention Sale, November 2003, lot 145; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. Plated in the 2018 Martin reference Saint Patrick Coinage (for Ireland and New Jersey) pp. 120, 338.
