Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 3d.5-Fc.12, W-11500. Rarity-8. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Masonic Punctuation. Fine-15 (PCGS).72.3 grains. Pleasing golden-tan and dark brown coloration, the surfaces glossy and free of significant roughness, showing just a little waviness to the planchet a couple reverse hits. Strong, well centered detail that could easily qualify for a VF grade. Syd knew of just two examples of this variety, both in his collection, and we have seen no others.PCGS# 915359.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merenas) The Montgomery Collection sale, May 1998, lot 60; John Griffee; McCawley & Grellmans Ninth Annual C4 Convention Sale, November 2003, lot 162; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. Plated in the 2018 Martin reference Saint Patrick Coinage (for Ireland and New Jersey) pp. 138, 326.
