Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 3c.1-Fb.1, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Masonic Punctuation. VF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).64.8 grains. Struck on a thin planchet that resulted in some peripheral detail not striking up. Bold detail otherwise, the sharpness that of a high VF. Glossy mahogany-brown with just some dark scale in places that accounts for the PCGS grade. Syds primary example of this die variety, PCGS AU-55, realized $7,200 in SFM Part I, lot 8169.PCGS# 902850.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online), October 2008; Jim LaSarre, December 2009.
