1722 Rosa Americana Twopence. Martin 3.12-C.2, W-1326. Rarity-3. Period After REX. EF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).，Marbled charcoal-copper, olive-brown and reddish-orange patina blankets both sides and provides pleasing eye appeal for the assigned grade. Overall detail is bold, although some of the peripheral devices are soft, those on the reverse attributable to the typical weak strike for examples of this die pairing. Surface texture is rough with light pitting explaining the PCGS qualifier. <p>William Wood, a metallurgist living in Wolverhampton in the county of Stafford, England, obtained a patent from King George I in 1722 to produce coins in halfpenny, penny and twopence denominations for circulation in the American colonies. The Rosa Americana coinage, as the series is known, proved unpopular in the colonies despite efforts to support the coinage by the Duke of Newcastle and others. Many examples circulated in England, however, although likely at reduced value since the coins were of roughly half the weight of the English denominations that they were supposed to represent. This is a more affordable, yet still pleasing example of the 1722 twopence type with the date included as part of the reverse inscriptions.，PCGS# 149. NGC ID: 2ASX.，，From the LJV Philadelphia Collection. Earlier from Pine Tree Auctions GENA Sale of December 1975, lot 101.
