Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 3e.2-Fc.17, W-11500. Rarity-8. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Masonic Punctuation. Environmental Damage (PCGS).92.0 grains. A significant piece representing the only known example of the die pair and these two dies are seen in no other combinations. Medium olive and steel-brown, the surfaces lightly porous but not all that bad. No significant marks and strong detail where struck up, weak at the lower part of each side which affects hardly any of the major detail. Splasher still a nice yellow color, placed to the right of the crown.PCGS# 915362.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex E. Szauer; Whytes Auctions (Dublin, Ireland) April 2000 sale, lot 268; Stan Stephens, May 2000; John Griffee; McCawley & Grellmans Ninth Annual C4 Convention Sale, November 2003, lot 175; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. Plated in the 2018 Martin reference Saint Patrick Coinage (for Ireland and New Jersey) pp. 141, 331.
