1723 Woods Hibernia Halfpenny. Martin 4.76-Gd.2, W-13570. Rarity-5. MS-64 BN (PCGS).118.9 grains. Hard and glossy with a softly frosted texture and lots of original color in faded mint-orange. Both sides also exhibit blended olive-tan and gray-brown patina. Sharply struck and ideally centered with full denticulation encircling both sides. A tiny flan flaw at the rim at 5 oclock is as made and hardly worth mentioning. Really a lovely example, and ideal for high grade type purposes.PCGS# 920898. NGC ID: F7J4.To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click<a href="https://stacksbowers.com/sydney-f-martin-collection/"target=’_blank’> here.</a>From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 2006. The plate coin for the initial die state of obverse 4.76 in the 2007 Martin reference on Woods Hibernia coinage, p. 240.
